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compensatory lengthenings

compensatory lengthenings is the plural of compensatory lengthening.

Meaning of compensatory lengthening

Noun

compensatory lengthening (countable and uncountable, plural compensatory lengthenings)

  1. (uncountable) The lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost, regarded as an extreme form of fusion; (countable) an instance of this.

Questions about compensatory lengthenings

What is compensatory lengthenings the plural of?
Compensatory lengthenings is the plural of compensatory lengthening.

Words near compensatory lengthenings in the dictionary

  1. compensatorily lengthening
  2. compensatorily lengthens
  3. compensators
  4. compensatory
  5. compensatory lengthening
  6. compensatory lengthenings
  7. compensatory time
  8. compensatory times
  9. compense
  10. comper
  11. comperable

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