long-established
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.85 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That has been in existence for a long time.
Example Sentences
- "First, the employments must be well known and long established in the neighbourhood ;"
- "The age in which we live is remarkable for searching out, and sifting to the bottom, the most long-established opinions which have come down to us."
- "In the Edinburgh area, Leith and neighbouring Granton have only one terminal station where formerly there were four, and the long-established ferry from Granton to Burntisland, the history of which stretches back to the dawn of Scottish railways, is no more."
- "Some long-established trains have disappeared from the new timetables, including the through trains between Birkenhead and Margate, and York and Bournemouth. These will be restored in May, [...]."
- "During Wave I formations tended to merge with their contemporaries, whereas during Wave II acquisition by longer-established unions was the predominant pattern."
Inflected Forms
more long-established (comparative)
longer-established (comparative)
most long-established (superlative)
longest-established (superlative)
long established (alternative)