LONG-LASTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does long-lasting mean? 

• LONG-LASTING (adjective)
  The adjective LONG-LASTING has 1 sense:

1. existing for a long time

  Familiarity information: LONG-LASTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LONG-LASTING (adjective)

Comparative: longer-lasting   
Superlative: longest-lasting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Existing for a long time

Synonyms:

durable; lasting; long-lasting; long-lived

Context example:

a long-lasting friendship

Similar:

long (primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified)

 Context examples 

The recognition that low neighborhood socioeconomic conditions have an impact on the services and opportunities available to its residents and have a wide and long-lasting effect on their economic, social and educational development.

(Concentrated Disadvantage, NCI Thesaurus)

A second generation, long-lasting selective histamine H1 receptor antagonist with antiinflammatory property.

(Fexofenadine, NCI Thesaurus)

Repeated pregnancies could result in long-lasting changes within the body including weight gain, especially around the waist, and increased levels of cholesterol in the blood.

(Pregnancy losses and large numbers of children linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, University of Cambridge)

Saturn will be especially friendly and add long-term stability to your career, so any gains you make will be long-lasting—VIPs will be impressed and remember them.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This suggests that the first pregnancy causes a long-lasting change in the mammary gland.

(Mammary Gland May Have Epigenetic Memory, NIH)

The team developed an ultrafiltration membrane using graphene oxide and bacterial nanocellulose that they found to be highly efficient, long-lasting and environment-friendly.

(Novel Technology Uses Bacteria for Cleaning Water, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Because the vaccine is derived from allogenic cells, it has demonstrated a favorable side effect profile than other approaches of delivering long-lasting GM-CSF.

(GVAX Prostate Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Similarly, vaccines designed to elicit antibodies against this target might provide long-lasting protection against any influenza strain, potentially eliminating the need for annual seasonal influenza vaccination.

(Human antibody reveals hidden vulnerability in influenza virus, National Institutes of Health)

Swallowing small amounts (less than a coffee cup) causes upset stomach, vomiting, and diarrhea, but is unlikely to have long-lasting health effects.

(Oil Spills, NIH)

Hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP), a long-lasting increase in synaptic efficacy, is the molecular basis for learning and memory.

(Long-Term Potentiation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)