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Definition of Prolong
1. Verb. Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer. "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
Related verbs: Carry, Extend
Generic synonyms: Lengthen
Specialized synonyms: Extend, Temporise, Temporize, Spin, Spin Out
Derivative terms: Extendible, Prolongation, Prolongation, Prolongation, Protraction, Protraction
2. Verb. Lengthen or extend in duration or space. "Keep up the good work"
Specialized synonyms: Continue, Keep, Keep On, Retain
Generic synonyms: Bear On, Carry On, Continue, Preserve, Uphold
Derivative terms: Prolongation, Prolongation, Sustainable, Sustainer, Sustenance
Definition of Prolong
1. v. t. To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
Definition of Prolong
1. Verb. (transitive) To extend in space or length. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prolong
1. to lengthen in duration [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prolong
Literary usage of Prolong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament: Including the Biblical by Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson (1844)
"... ie to protract, to con- 80 tinue, to prolong, Neh. 9, 30. P*. 36, 1 1 TIT^?
ri'?t?" H®a prolong thy loring- kindness unto them that ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Am City 17:336-7 О '17 To prolong policy-holders' lives. Lit Digest 54: 188 Ja
27 '17 все also Soldiers, Disabled—Physical examination Physical fitness for ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"... him to say that from the first he counselled absolute inaction, but I thought
he only did this to prolong operations, and his own consequent employment. ..."
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