longtime

[lawng-tahym, long-]

adjective

1. existing, occurring, or continuing for a long period of time; times; longstanding.

   longtime friends celebrating 50 years of association.

longtime

/ ˈlɒŋˌtaɪm /

adjective

1. of long standing

Word History and Origins

Origin of longtime¹

First recorded in 1575–85; long ¹ + time

Example Sentences

He’s now a regular and has met friends through the group — even inviting his longtime ones to join.

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John Mackey, the company’s co-founder and longtime CEO, helped build the regional chain into an empire by acquiring grocers around the country.

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A professor of humanities at Columbia, Lilla is a longtime contributor to the New York Review of Books who frequently writes about other intellectuals like Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin.

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The company moved its longtime headquarters from San Jose, Calif., to Bozeman, Mont., near where Lansing owns a home and spends several months of the year.

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This December, the Academy Award nominee and longtime blood donor will give one of his kidneys to a complete stranger, he said Thursday on the “Today” show.

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Related Words

• built-in 
• chronic 
• deep-rooted 
• inbred 
• inherent 
• longstanding