noun
Meaning 1
The process of making or growing longer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lengthening
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛŋ(k)θənɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛŋ(k)θnɪŋ/
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General-American: /ˈlɛŋ(k)θənɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɛŋkθənɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: L EH1 NG TH AH0 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: L EH1 NG K TH AH0 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of lengthen
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of prolonging something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prolongation, protraction, perpetuation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: continuance, continuation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English lengthen Middle English -ynge English -ing English lengthening From lengthen + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: pidentyminen — sound change
- French: allongement — sound change
- Galician: alongamento — sound change
- German: Längung — sound change
- Ancient Greek: ἐπέκτασις (epéktasis) — sound change
- Hungarian: nyúlás — sound change
- Japanese: 延長 (enchō) — sound change