lengthen

pronunciation

How to pronounce lengthen in British English: UK [ˈleŋθən] word uk audio image

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Verb:

make longer
become long or longer

Word Origin

lengthen (v.): late 14c., from length + -en (1). Related: Lengthened; lengthening. Earlier verb was simply length (c. 1300).

Synonym

vt.

extend continue draw stretch out prolong

Example

1. Encouraging medication compliance can lengthen a person 's lifespan .

2. Mr duncan is especially interested in proposals to lengthen the school day and year .

3. They can choose from the patterns in the world and lengthen their time horizons .

4. The first is to lengthen the maturity of the wholesale debts that they have .

5. There has been deregulation , to lengthen shopping hours and to coax the long-term unemployed back into work .

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