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- Dictionaryprolong/prəˈlɒŋ/
verb
- 1. extend the duration of: "an idea which prolonged the life of the engine by many years"
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to make something last a longer time: We were having such a good time that we decided to prolong our stay by another week. She chewed each delicious mouthful as slowly as she could, prolonging the pleasure. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Continue & last. bash on phrasal verb. bubble away. carry (something) on phrasal verb. cease.
To prolong something means to make it last longer. Mr Chesler said foreign military aid was prolonging the war. [VERB noun] The actual action of the drug can be prolonged significantly. [VERB noun] Synonyms: lengthen, continue, perpetuate, draw out More Synonyms of prolong.
to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad. Antonyms: abbreviate. to make longer in spatial extent: to prolong a line. prolong. / prəˈlɒŋ; ˌprəʊlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən / verb. tr to lengthen in duration or space; extend.
pro·long. (prə-lông′, -lŏng′) tr.v.pro·longed, pro·long·ing, pro·longs. To lengthen in duration; protract: factors that prolong the drug's effect. [Middle English prolongen, from Old French prolonguer, from Late Latin prōlongāre : Latin prō-, forth; see pro-1 + Latin longus, long; see del- in Indo-European roots.] pro·long′er n.
To prolong something means to make it last longer. [...] More. Conjugations of 'prolong' present simple: I prolong, you prolong [...] past simple: I prolonged, you prolonged [...] past participle: prolonged. More. Synonyms of 'prolong' • lengthen, continue, perpetuate, draw out [...] More. Collocations with 'prolong'
To prolong is to make something last longer or to stretch it out in time. You see the word long in prolong and it's no trick. If you prolong an argument with a sibling, you make it longer than it naturally would be. Prolong always has to do with time.
1. : to lengthen in time : continue. 2. : to lengthen in extent, scope, or range. prolongation. (ˌ)prō-ˌlȯŋ-ˈgā-shən prə- noun. prolonger. prə-ˈlȯŋ-ər. noun. Synonyms. drag (out) draw out. elongate. extend. lengthen.
