"lengthen" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛŋ(k)θən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lengthen.wav Forms: lengthens [present, singular, third-person], lengthening [participle, present], lengthened [participle, past], lengthened [past]
Rhymes: -ɛŋkθən Etymology: From length + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|length|en|id2=inchoative}} length + -en Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Translations (to make longer): μακρύνω (makrúnō) (Ancient Greek), μηκύνω (mēkúnō) (Ancient Greek), طَوَّلَ (ṭawwala) (Arabic), أَطَالَ (ʔaṭāla) (Arabic), երկարացնել (erkaracʻnel) (Armenian), lundzescu (Aromanian), দীঘলা (dighola) (Assamese), দীঘল কৰ (dighol kor) (Assamese), hiraat (Breton), удължавам (udǎlžavam) (Bulgarian), allargar (Catalan), 加長 (Chinese Mandarin), 加长 (jiācháng) (Chinese Mandarin), prodloužit (Czech), pidentää (Finnish), rallonger (French), დაგრძელება (dagrʒeleba) (Georgian), დაჭიმვა (dač̣imva) (Georgian), verlängern (German), longeskar (Ido), pitentää (Ingrian), sín (Irish), allungare (Italian), 延ばす (nobasu) (Japanese), 長くする (nagaku suru) (Japanese), 延長する (enchō suru) (Japanese), pơglông (Jarai), ұзару (ūzaru) (Kazakh), alargar [Roman] (Ladino), должи (dolži) (Macedonian), продолжува (prodolžuva) (Macedonian), whakaroa (Maori), katete (Maori), allouongni [Jersey] (Norman), przedłużyć [perfective] (Polish), wydłużyć [perfective] (Polish), alongar (Portuguese), acompridar (Portuguese), encompridar (Portuguese), lungi (Romanian), удлиня́ть (udlinjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), удлини́ть (udlinítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), alargar (Spanish), förlänga (Swedish), పొడిగించు (poḍigiñcu) (Telugu)
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  2. (intransitive) To become longer. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become longer): طَالَ (ṭāla) (Arabic), দীঘল হোৱা (dighol hüa) (Assamese), удължавам се (udǎlžavam se) (Bulgarian), prodloužit se (Czech), pidentyä (Finnish), pidetä (Finnish), pitetä (Ingrian), ұзару (ūzaru) (Kazakh), förlängas (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lengthen-en-verb-uDEoET6i Disambiguation of 'to become longer': 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: elongate, extend, lengthen, produce, prolong, protract, stretch Derived forms: compensatorily lengthen, lengthen down, lengthened, lengthened grade, lengthener, lengthen out, lengthen up

Inflected forms

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          "text": "You need to lengthen the story if you want to have it published.",
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          "text": "The platforms of all stations from Shepherds Bush to Liverpool Street have been lengthened from 325 ft. to 427 ft. between tunnel headwalls, to take longer trains.",
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        "(transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of."
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          "roman": "ṭawwala",
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          "word": "طَوَّلَ"
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          "word": "أَطَالَ"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "erkaracʻnel",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "երկարացնել"
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          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "lundzescu"
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          "roman": "dighola",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "দীঘলা"
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          "roman": "dighol kor",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "দীঘল কৰ"
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          "roman": "udǎlžavam",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "удължавам"
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          "word": "allargar"
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          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "加長"
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          "roman": "jiācháng",
          "sense": "to make longer",
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          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "pidentää"
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          "sense": "to make longer",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dagrʒeleba",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "დაგრძელება"
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          "word": "დაჭიმვა"
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          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "延ばす"
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          "sense": "to make longer",
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          "roman": "enchō suru",
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          "roman": "ūzaru",
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          "word": "ұзару"
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          "roman": "dolži",
          "sense": "to make longer",
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "prodolžuva",
          "sense": "to make longer",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "whakaroa"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "katete"
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          "sense": "to make longer",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "przedłużyć"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "wydłużyć"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "alongar"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "acompridar"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "encompridar"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "lungi"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udlinjátʹ",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "удлиня́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udlinítʹ",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "удлини́ть"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "alargar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to make longer",
          "word": "förlänga"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "poḍigiñcu",
          "sense": "to make longer",
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          "word": "طَالَ"
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    "Terms with Aromanian translations",
    "Terms with Assamese translations",
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Ingrian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Jarai translations",
    "Terms with Kazakh translations",
    "Terms with Ladino translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        "(intransitive) To become longer."
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      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "طَوَّلَ"
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      "sense": "to make longer",
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      "roman": "erkaracʻnel",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "երկարացնել"
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      "code": "rup",
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      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "lundzescu"
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      "roman": "dighola",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "দীঘলা"
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "dighol kor",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "দীঘল কৰ"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "hiraat"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udǎlžavam",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "удължавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "allargar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "加長"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiācháng",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "加长"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "prodloužit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "pidentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "rallonger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dagrʒeleba",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "დაგრძელება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dač̣imva",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "დაჭიმვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "verlängern"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "makrúnō",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "μακρύνω"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mēkúnō",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "μηκύνω"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "longeskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "pitentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "sín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "allungare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nobasu",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "延ばす"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nagaku suru",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "長くする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enchō suru",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "延長する"
    },
    {
      "code": "jra",
      "lang": "Jarai",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "pơglông"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūzaru",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "ұзару"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "alargar"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dolži",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "должи"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prodolžuva",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "продолжува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "whakaroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "katete"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "allouongni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przedłużyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wydłużyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "alongar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "acompridar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "encompridar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "lungi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udlinjátʹ",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "удлиня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udlinítʹ",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "удлини́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "alargar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "förlänga"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "poḍigiñcu",
      "sense": "to make longer",
      "word": "పొడిగించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭāla",
      "sense": "to become longer",
      "word": "طَالَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "dighol hüa",
      "sense": "to become longer",
      "word": "দীঘল হোৱা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udǎlžavam se",
      "sense": "to become longer",
      "word": "удължавам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to become longer",
      "word": "prodloužit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become longer",
      "word": "pidentyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become longer",
      "word": "pidetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to become longer",
      "word": "pitetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūzaru",
      "sense": "to become longer",
      "word": "ұзару"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become longer",
      "word": "förlängas"
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  "word": "lengthen"
}

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