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LENGTHENING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of prolonging something
Example:
there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks
Synonyms:
lengthening; perpetuation; prolongation; protraction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("lengthening" is a kind of...):
continuance; continuation (the act of continuing an activity without interruption)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb lengthen
Context examples:
It was not long before I observed that it was the most susceptible part of her face, and that, when she turned pale, that mark altered first, and became a dull, lead-coloured streak, lengthening out to its full extent, like a mark in invisible ink brought to the fire.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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