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prolonged

Syllables: pro·longed/pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/US/pɹoʊˈlɔŋd/

prolonged adjective: lengthy in duration; extended; protracted. Also the simple past and past participle of prolong.

Adjective

prolonged (comparative more prolonged, superlative most prolonged)

  1. Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.
    • The landslip followed a period of prolonged rainfall.2023 February 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: All SWR main lines disrupted, but landslip repaired”, in RAIL, number 977, page 9
    Synonyms:
    enduring, longsome

Also used as

prolonged is also the simple past and past participle of prolong.

prolonged meaning in Bengali and Odia

prolonged in Bengali

দীর্ঘায়িত

prolonged in Odia

ଦୀର୍ଘାଯ଼ିତ

Examples of prolonged in a sentence

  • The flowers were late in blooming because of the prolonged cold weather.
  • When there is very heavy rainfall on California hillsides over a prolonged period, there is almost always ensuing surface runoff.
  • Friday afternoons always seem to be agonizingly prolonged.

All 40 example sentences with prolonged

Synonyms of prolonged

Antonyms

Forms of prolonged

comparativemore prolonged
superlativemost prolonged

Words formed from prolonged

Phrases with prolonged

Questions about prolonged

What does prolonged mean?
Prolonged means lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.
What is prolonged in Bengali?
Prolonged in Bengali is দীর্ঘায়িত. See Prolonged meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is prolonged?
Prolonged is an adjective.
How do you pronounce prolonged?
Prolonged is pronounced /pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/ (UK).

Words near prolonged in the dictionary

  1. prolongational
  2. prolongational reduction
  3. prolongational reductions
  4. prolongations
  5. prolonge
  6. prolonged
  7. prolonged abortion
  8. prolonged abortions
  9. prolonged grief disorder
  10. prolongedly
  11. prolonger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prolonged (page history and authors); prolonged (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prolonged (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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