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Definition: Lengthened |
LengthenedAdjective1. Drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lengthened" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: LengthenedSynonyms: elongated (adj), extended (adj), prolonged (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: lengthened traverse (industry). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exertion | Labor, work, toil, moil, sweat, fag, drudge, slave, drag a lengthened chain, wade through, strive, stretch a long arm; pull, tug, ply; ply the oar, tug at the oar; do the work; take the laboring oar |
Length | Adjective: long, longsome; lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched; lengthened; Verb: sesquipedalian; (words); interminable, no end of; macrocolous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Lengthened |
| English words defined with "lengthened": Coronated ♦ Dotted rest ♦ extendable, extendible, External angles ♦ Gonophore ♦ lengthiness ♦ prolongation, protraction ♦ Scarf joint ♦ To form on. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lengthened": beaker decantation ♦ extendable conveyor, extensible conveyor ♦ sectional mining belt conveyor, sectional-type conveyor. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "lengthened": sackbut. (references) |
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Screenplays | I just had them lengthened. Now they go all the way up. (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft) | |
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 | Halftone reproduction of a pre-World War I photograph. Built in 1882 and initially named Sophia, then Empress, this yacht was lengthened in 1902 and renamed Onondaga, then Turbese and Reposo II. She was acquired by the Navy on 12 May 1917 and commissioned three days later as USS Reposo II (SP-198). Stricken from the Navy list on 16 December 1918, she was sold on 8 August 1919.Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed in port, prior to World War I. Built in 1882 and initially named Sophia, then Empress, this yacht was lengthened in 1902 and renamed Onondaga, then Turbese and Reposo II. She was acquired by the Navy on 12 May 1917 and commissioned three days later as USS Reposo II (SP-198). Stricken from the Navy list on 16 December 1918, she was sold on 8 August 1919.Credit: NAVY. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The afternoon lengthened away. |
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Health | If the disease shows no signs of worsening after 1 to 3 years, the interval between exams may be lengthened. (references) | |
Early diagnosis and advances in medical technology have improved the quality of life for people with Marfan syndrome and lengthened their lifespan. (references) | ||
The mechanism by which the normal FMR-1 gene is converted into an altered, or mutant, gene capable of causing disease symptoms involves an increase in the length of the gene. A small region of the gene, CGG, undergoes repeated duplications, forming deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) repeats that result in a longer gene. The lengthened DNA region is susceptible to a chemical modification process called DNA methylation. (references) | ||
Business | With the lengthened runway, cargo aircraft can operate at their maximum take-off weight, allowing non-stop, intercontinental flights. (references) | |
Children | Brazil | Legislation enacted in June 2000 lengthened the maximum sentence to 10 years in prison for persons who manage brothels that exploit child prostitutes. (references) |
Economic History | China | Patent protection was extended in January 1993 to pharmaceutical and chemical products, as well as processes; the period of protection was lengthened to 20 years. (references) |
Human Rights | Suriname | As a result, in August the Government enacted emergency legislation that lengthened the initial period an inmate may be held without judicial appearance to 120 days. (references) |
Political Economy | SPAIN | Given the long (10 to 12 years) research and development period required to introduce a new medicine into the market, industry sources point out that the effect of the new law will not be felt until 2002 or 2003. U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturers in Spain complain that this limits effective patent protection to approximately eight years and would like to see the patent term lengthened. (references) |
Cameroon | The 1996 Constitution lengthened the President's term of office to 7 years, while continuing to allow Biya to run for a fourth consecutive term in 1997 and making him eligible to run for one more 7-year term in 2004. In 2000 the Government began discussion on an action plan to create the decentralized institutions envisioned in the 1996 Constitution, such as a partially elected senate, elected regional councils, and a more independent judiciary; however, none of the plans had been executed by year's end. (references) | |
Travel | New Zealand | Because public hospital waiting lists have lengthened, there is greater interest in private medical insurance. (references) |
Worker Rights | Argentina | The Labor Reform Law lengthened the probationary period for new workers to between 90 and 120 days for large companies and to between 6 months and 1 year for small businesses. (references) |
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| "Lengthened" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 54.95% of the time. "Lengthened" is used about 111 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 54.95% | 61 | 43,149 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 34.23% | 38 | 55,818 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 10.81% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 111 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "lengthened": drag a lengthened chain. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "lengthened": artificially-lengthened. | |
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| Language | Translations for "lengthened"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مطول (elongate, lengthy, prolonged, stretched). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 长 (lengthen, lengthening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | allongeai, allongés, allongées, allongée, allongé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verlängerte (elongated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | engthenedlay удлинять (draw out, elongate, elongated, lengthen, lengthening). (various references) förlängd. (various references) uzalmak (be lengthened). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Jeremiah Chapter 6, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Paraskeuasasqe ep' authn eiV polemon anasthte kai anabwmen ep' authn meshmbriaV ouai hmin oti kekliken h hmera oti ekleipousin ai skiai thV esperaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sanctificate super eam bellum consurgite et ascendamus in meridie vae nobis quia declinavit dies quia longiores factae sunt umbrae vesperi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Halewith vp on hir a bataile. Riseth, and steye wee vp in the myddai. Wo to you, for doun bowide the dai, for lengere ben mad `shadewes than to euen. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day departeth, for the shadows of the evening are lengthened. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out. |
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| Language | Jeremiah Chapter 6, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Panag-andam kamo sa gubat batok kaniya; manindog, ug mangadto kita sa udto. Alaut kita! kay ang adlaw milingay na, kay ang mga landong sa kagabhion mikaylap na. |
| Croatian | S njome zametnite sveti boj! Na noge! Navalimo usred dana! Jao nama, jer se dan naginje k zapadu, a veèernje sjene duljaju! |
| Danish | Helliger Angrebet på hende! Op! Vi rykker frem ved Middag! Ve os, thi Dagen hælder, thi Aftenskyggerne længes. |
| Dutch | Heiligt den krijg tegen haar, maakt u op, en laat ons optrekken op den middag; o, wee ons! want de dag heeft zich gewend, want de avondschaduwen neigen zich. |
| Finnish | Julistakaa häntä vastaan pyhä sota. "Nouskaa ja menkäämme puolipäivän aikaan! Voi meitä, sillä päivä painuu, sillä illan varjot pitenevät! |
| French | Préparez-vous l`attaquer! Allons! montons en plein midi!... Malheureusement pour nous, le jour baisse, Les ombres du soir s`allongent. |
| German | "Rüstet euch zum Krieg wider sie! Wohlauf, laßt uns hinaufziehen, weil es noch hoch Tag ist! Ei, es will Abend werden, und die Schatten werden groß! |
| Hungarian | Készüljetek hadba ellene; keljetek fel, és menjünk fel délben! Jaj nékünk, mert hanyatlik már a nap, mert hosszabbodnak az esteli árnyékok! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka akan berkata, "Ayo, bersiaplah menyerang Yerusalem! Mari kita menyerbunya siang ini!" Tetapi kemudian mereka akan berkata pula, "Wah, terlambat! Hari sudah mulai gelap, bayangan-bayangan sudah mulai memanjang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Takdiskanlah perang dengan dia! mari kita berangkat pada tengah hari; wai bagi kita! karena siang hari sudah lalu, bayang-bayang pada petang makin panjang. |
| Italian | «Ingaggiate la santa battaglia contro di essa; su, assaliamola in pieno giorno. Noi sventurati! Gi il giorno declina, gi si allungano le ombre della sera. |
| Maori | Kia rite nga mea mo te whawhai ki a ia; whakatika, kia whakaekea i te poutumarotanga. Aue, te mate mo tatou! kua tawharara hoki te ra, kua whakawairua kau ano nga atarangi o te ahiahi. |
| Norwegian | Innvi eder til krig mot henne! Stå op og la oss dra op om middagen! Ve oss! For dagen heller, og aftenens skygger blir lange. |
| Rumanian | ,Pregqtiyi-vq s`o bateyi! Haidem! Sq ne suim ziua nameaza mare!`... Vai de noi, cqci ziua scade, wi umbrele de searq se lungesc.`` |
| Russian | рТЙЗПФПЧМСКФЕ ТПФЙЧ ОЕЕ ЧПКОХ; ЧУФБЧБКФЕ Й ПК"ЕН Ч ПМ"ЕОШ. зПТЕ ОБН! "ЕОШ ХЦЕ УЛМПОСЕФУС, ТБУ ТПУФЙТБАФУС ЧЕЮЕТОЙЕ ФЕОЙ. |
| Spanish | ¡Haced guerra santa contra ella! ¡Levantaos y subamos a mediodía! ¡Ay de nosotros, porque el día va declinando, y se extienden las sombras del anochecer! |
| Swedish | Ja, invigen eder tili strid mot henne. "Upp, låt oss draga åstad, medan middagsljuset varar! Ack att dagen redan lider till ända! Ack att aftonens skuggor förlängas! |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "lengthened": overlengthened. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lengthened" (pronounced le"ngthund or le"ngkthund) |
| 6 | -e" ng th u n d | strengthened. |
| 3 | -u n d | abandoned, aforementioned, aland, almond, apportioned, auctioned, auditioned, awakened, bargained, beckoned, blackened, bludgeoned, brightened, broadened, burdened, burgeoned, buttoned, captioned, cautioned, championed, chastened, cheapened, chickened, christened, commissioned, conditioned, cordoned, cottoned, cushioned, dampened, darkened, decommissioned, deepened, destined, determined, diamond, dimensioned, disciplined, disheartened, disillusioned, dockland, Eland, emblazoned, emboldened, engined, enlightened, enlivened, envisioned, errand, evened, examined, fashioned, fastened, fattened, flattened, frightened, functioned, gardened, Garland, garrisoned, glistened, happened, hardened, hastened, heartened, heightened, Highland, Holland, husband, illumined, imagined, impassioned, imprisoned, island, jettisoned, leavened, legend, lessened, ligand, lightened, likened, listened, livened, loosened, malfunctioned, margined, mentioned, millisecond, moistened, moribund, motioned, nanosecond, Norland, occasioned, opened, optioned, orphaned, Osmund, overburdened, pardoned, partitioned, petitioned, poisoned, positioned, predestined, predetermined, prisoned, proportioned, propositioned, questioned, quickened, rationed, reasoned, reawakened, rechristened, reckoned, reconditioned, reexamined, reopened, repositioned, requisitioned, Reverend, ripened, ruined, saddened, sanctioned, seasoned, second, sectioned, sharpened, Shetland, shortened, sickened, siphoned, slackened, softened, soland, stationed, steepened, stiffened, stipend, straightened, summoned, sweetened, thickened, thousand, threatened, tightened, toughened, unburdened, unbuttoned, undetermined, unenlightened, unmentioned, unopened, unquestioned, unsanctioned, upland, vacationed, weakened, widened, wizened, worsened. |
| 4 | -th u n d | strengthened. |
| 3 | -u n d | abandoned, aforementioned, aland, almond, apportioned, auctioned, auditioned, awakened, bargained, beckoned, blackened, bludgeoned, brightened, broadened, burdened, burgeoned, buttoned, captioned, cautioned, championed, chastened, cheapened, chickened, christened, commissioned, conditioned, cordoned, cottoned, cushioned, dampened, darkened, decommissioned, deepened, destined, determined, diamond, dimensioned, disciplined, disheartened, disillusioned, dockland, Eland, emblazoned, emboldened, engined, enlightened, enlivened, envisioned, errand, evened, examined, fashioned, fastened, fattened, flattened, frightened, functioned, gardened, Garland, garrisoned, glistened, happened, hardened, hastened, heartened, heightened, Highland, Holland, husband, illumined, imagined, impassioned, imprisoned, island, jettisoned, leavened, legend, lessened, ligand, lightened, likened, listened, livened, loosened, malfunctioned, margined, mentioned, millisecond, moistened, moribund, motioned, nanosecond, Norland, occasioned, opened, optioned, orphaned, Osmund, overburdened, pardoned, partitioned, petitioned, poisoned, positioned, predestined, predetermined, prisoned, proportioned, propositioned, questioned, quickened, rationed, reasoned, reawakened, rechristened, reckoned, reconditioned, reexamined, reopened, repositioned, requisitioned, Reverend, ripened, ruined, saddened, sanctioned, seasoned, second, sectioned, sharpened, Shetland, shortened, sickened, siphoned, slackened, softened, soland, stationed, steepened, stiffened, stipend, straightened, summoned, sweetened, thickened, thousand, threatened, tightened, toughened, unburdened, unbuttoned, undetermined, unenlightened, unmentioned, unopened, unquestioned, unsanctioned, upland, vacationed, weakened, widened, wizened, worsened. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-g-h-l-n-n-t" | |
-2 letters: lengthen. | |
-3 letters: genteel, gentled, gleeted. | |
-4 letters: delete, ethene, gentle, heeled, hented, legend, length, lenten, needle. | |
-5 letters: gelee, genet, glede, gleed, gleet, hedge, ledge, lethe, tenge, thegn. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-g-h-l-n-n-t" | |
+1 letter: enlightened. | |
+3 letters: unenlightened. | |
+4 letters: overlengthened. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 6E 67 74 68 65 6E 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . -. --. - .... . -. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01101110 01100111 01110100 01101000 01100101 01101110 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e n g t h e n e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 006E 0067 0074 0068 0065 006E 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46718073867471807170 |
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