"prolonged" meaning in English

See prolonged in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹoʊˈlɔŋd/ [General-American], /pɹoʊˈlɑŋd/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger] Forms: more prolonged [comparative], most prolonged [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} prolonged (comparative more prolonged, superlative most prolonged)
  1. lengthy in duration; extended; protracted. Synonyms: enduring, longsome, lasting Derived forms: prolonged abortion Translations (lengthy in duration; extended; protracted): davamlı (Azerbaijani), sürəkli (Azerbaijani), uzun sürən (Azerbaijani), удължен (udǎlžen) (Bulgarian), продължителен (prodǎlžitelen) (Bulgarian), pitkällinen (english: lengthy) (Finnish), pitkittynyt (english: extended due to reasons not under control) (Finnish), pitkitetty (Finnish), jatkettu (english: extended at will) (Finnish), prolongé (French), anhaltend (German), lang anhaltend (German), andauernd (German), ausgedehnt (German), langwierig (english: disease) [illness, medicine, sciences] (German), länger dauernd (German), länger andauernd (German), verlängert (German), protrahiert (German), gedehnt (english: temporally) (German), prolongiert (German), Dauer- (German), Langzeit- (German), παρατεταμένος (paratetaménos) [masculine] (Greek), hosszú (Hungarian), hosszadalmas (Hungarian), hosszan tartó (Hungarian), prolungato (Italian), prōductus (Latin), auroa (Maori), prolongado (Portuguese), prelung (Romanian), îndelungat (Romanian), prolongado (Spanish), långvarig (Swedish), utdragen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-prolonged-en-adj-TBZwYEd8

Verb

IPA: /pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹoʊˈlɔŋd/ [General-American], /pɹoʊˈlɑŋd/ [Canada, cot-caught-merger]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} prolonged
  1. simple past and past participle of prolong Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: prolong
    Sense id: en-prolonged-en-verb-RHUYNqWr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
          "word": "davamlı"
        },
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          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
          "word": "ausgedehnt"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
          "word": "länger dauernd"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "verlängert"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
          "word": "protrahiert"
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          "code": "de",
          "english": "temporally",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
          "word": "hosszú"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
          "word": "hosszadalmas"
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          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
          "word": "prolungato"
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          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
          "word": "långvarig"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "davamlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "sürəkli"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "uzun sürən"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udǎlžen",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "удължен"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prodǎlžitelen",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "продължителен"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "english": "lengthy",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "pitkällinen"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "jatkettu"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "prolongé"
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "anhaltend"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "andauernd"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "ausgedehnt"
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "disease",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "topics": [
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        "sciences"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "protrahiert"
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "gedehnt"
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "prolungato"
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "prōductus"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "auroa"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "prolongado"
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "prelung"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "îndelungat"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
      "word": "långvarig"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "lengthy in duration; extended; protracted",
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