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lengthened

lengthened is the simple past and past participle of lengthen.

Meaning of lengthen

Verb

lengthen (third-person singular simple present lengthens, present participle lengthening, simple past and past participle lengthened)

  1. (transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.
    • You need to lengthen the story if you want to have it published.
  2. (intransitive) To become longer.
    • The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set.

Adjective

lengthened (comparative more lengthened, superlative most lengthened)

  1. That has been made longer; that has been extended.

Forms of lengthened

comparativemore lengthened
superlativemost lengthened

Words formed from lengthened

Phrases with lengthened

Questions about lengthened

What does lengthened mean?
Lengthened means that has been made longer; that has been extended.
What is lengthened the simple past and past participle of?
Lengthened is the simple past and past participle of lengthen.
What part of speech is lengthened?
Lengthened is an adjective.

Words near lengthened in the dictionary

  1. lengthen
  2. lengthen down
  3. lengthen out
  4. lengthen up
  5. lengthenable
  6. lengthened
  7. lengthened down
  8. lengthened grade
  9. lengthened grades
  10. lengthened out
  11. lengthened up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lengthened (page history and authors); lengthen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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