adj
Meaning 1
Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.
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
prolonged
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: /pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/
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General-American: /pɹoʊˈlɔŋd/
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cot-caught-merger: /pɹoʊˈlɑŋd/
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CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 L AO1 NG D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
simple past and past participle of prolong
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
drawn out or made longer spatially
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Picasso's elongated Don Quixote
- lengthened skirts are fashionable this year
- the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
- a prolonged black line across the page
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: elongated, extended, lengthened
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a drawn-out argument
- an extended discussion
- a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
- a prolonged and bitter struggle
- protracted negotiations
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drawn-out, extended, lengthy, protracted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: davamlı — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Azerbaijani: sürəkli — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Azerbaijani: uzun sürən — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Bulgarian: удължен (udǎlžen) — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Bulgarian: продължителен (prodǎlžitelen) — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Finnish: pitkällinen — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Finnish: pitkittynyt — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Finnish: pitkitetty — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Finnish: jatkettu — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- French: prolongé — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Galician: prolongado — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Georgian: გახანგრძლივებული (gaxangrʒlivebuli) — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: anhaltend — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: lang anhaltend — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: andauernd — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: ausgedehnt — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: langwierig — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: länger dauernd — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: länger andauernd — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: verlängert — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: protrahiert — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: gedehnt — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: prolongiert — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: Dauer- — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- German: Langzeit- — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Greek: παρατεταμένος (paratetaménos) — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Hungarian: hosszú — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Hungarian: hosszadalmas — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Hungarian: hosszan tartó — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Italian: prolungato — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Latin: prōductus — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Māori: auroa — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Polish: przedłużający się — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Portuguese: prolongado — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Romanian: prelung — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Romanian: îndelungat — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Spanish: prolongado — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Swedish: långvarig — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Swedish: utdragen — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
- Ottoman Turkish: اوزون (uzun) — lengthy in duration; extended; protracted
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