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prolonging

prolonging is the present participle and gerund of prolong.

Meaning of prolong

Verb

prolong (third-person singular simple present prolongs, present participle prolonging, simple past and past participle prolonged)

  1. (transitive) To extend in space or length.
  2. (transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of.
    • Complaining prolongs one’s pain.
    Synonyms:
    draw out
  3. (transitive) To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
    • The government shouldn't prolong deciding on this issue any further.
  4. (intransitive) To become longer; lengthen.

Noun

prolonging (plural prolongings)

  1. prolongation
    • the gradual prolongings of the whale's visible jets1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of prolonging

pluralprolongings

Questions about prolonging

What does prolonging mean?
Prolonging means prolongation.
What is prolonging the present participle and gerund of?
Prolonging is the present participle and gerund of prolong.
What part of speech is prolonging?
Prolonging is a noun.
What is the plural of prolonging?
The plural of prolonging is prolongings.

Words near prolonging in the dictionary

  1. prolongers
  2. prolonges
  3. prolongest
  4. prolongeth
  5. prolongevity
  6. prolonging
  7. prolongingly
  8. prolongings
  9. prolongment
  10. prolongments
  11. prolongs

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