prolong
Syllables: pro·long/pɹoʊˈlɔŋ//pɹəʊˈlɒŋ/
prolong verb: to extend in space or length.
Verb
prolong (third-person singular simple present prolongs, present participle prolonging, simple past and past participle prolonged)
- To extend in space or length.
- 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.”1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- draw out
- To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
- The government shouldn't prolong deciding on this issue any further.
- To become longer; lengthen.
prolong meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
prolong in Hindi
- लंबा करना
prolong in Tamil
- நீடிகச் செய், காலகடத்தல்
prolong in Marathi
- to prolong
- लांबणे lāmbṇe
prolong in Urdu
- بات لمبی کرنا, طوالت دینا
More languagesFewer languages
- prolong in Bengali
- দীর্ঘায়িত করা, সময় বাড়ানো
- prolong in Telugu
- పొడిగించు poḍigiñcu
- prolong in Malayalam
- ദീർഘിപ്പിക്കുക
- prolong in Kannada
- ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸು, ಲಂಬಿಸು, ಬೆಳೆಸು, ಉದ್ದ ಬೆಳೆ
- prolong in Sanskrit
- धरति dhárati
- prolong in Tagalog
- ipadayon
- prolong in Arabic
- أَطَالَ ʔaṭāla
Examples of prolong in a sentence
- Many of them stopped casting the spells that prolong their life, so they are aging.
- "It seems the smithy and the armorist have given you some gifts to prolong your short stay."
- Reichlen at one point prolongs a preparation in an un-Balanchine way.
Synonyms of prolong
Forms of prolong
| third-person singular present | prolongs |
|---|---|
| present participle | prolonging |
| past participle | prolonged |
| past | prolonged |
Origin of prolong
Either a back-formation from prolongation, or from Old French prolonguer or porloignier, from Latin prōlongō, from prō + longō. Doublet of purloin.
Words formed from prolong
Words that rhyme with prolong
Questions about prolong
- What does prolong mean?
- Prolong means to extend in space or length.
- What is prolong in Hindi?
- Prolong in Hindi is लंबा करना. See Prolong meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is prolong?
- Prolong is a verb.
- How do you pronounce prolong?
- Prolong is pronounced /pɹəʊˈlɒŋ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of prolong?
- The past tense of prolong is prolonged.
Words near prolong in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prolong (page history and authors); prolong (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prolong (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); लांबणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); prolong (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prolong (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prolong (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prolong (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); धरति (Sanskrit) (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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