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- [pruh-lawng, -long]
- /prəˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ/
- /prəˈlɒŋd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pruh-lawng, -long]
- /prəˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ/
Definitions of prolonged word
- verb with object prolonged to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad. 1
- verb with object prolonged to make longer in spatial extent: to prolong a line. 1
- adjective prolonged A prolonged event or situation continues for a long time, or for longer than expected. 0
- adjective prolonged drawn-out; lengthened or extended in time 0
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Origin of prolonged
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English prolongen < Late Latin prōlongāre to lengthen, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + long(us) long1 + -ā- theme vowel + -re infinitive ending
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Parts of speech for Prolonged
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prolonged popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
prolonged usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prolonged
adj prolonged
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- chronic — A chronic illness or disability lasts for a very long time. Compare acute.
- continuous — A continuous process or event continues for a period of time without stopping.
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- deferred — withheld over a certain period; postponed
verb prolonged
- beetled — Projecting over.
- craned — any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- drawled — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- gentrified — very or excessively refined or elegant.
- nasalized — Simple past tense and past participle of nasalize.
adjective prolonged
- continued — continuing; not having stopped
- elongated — Unusually long in relation to its width.
- extended — Made larger; enlarged.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
- neverending — having or likely to have no end: never-ending worry.
Antonyms for prolonged
verb prolonged
- abated — to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm.
- annulled — (especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate: to annul a marriage.
- badmouthed — Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- diminished — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- dispraised — Simple past tense and past participle of dispraise.
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