prolong
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of prolong
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To extend in space or length.
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verb
- (transitive)To extend in space or length.
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(transitive)To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of.
“Complaining prolongs one’s pain.”
“The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.””
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(transitive)To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
“The government shouldn't prolong deciding on this issue any further.”
- (intransitive)To become longer; lengthen.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Either a back-formation from prolongation, or from Old French prolonguer or porloignier, from Latin prōlongō, from prō + longō. Doublet of purloin.
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