Prolong

Definition: Prolong

Prolong

Verb

1. Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer: "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight".

2. Lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "prolong" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Note: Prolong \Pro*long"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Prolonged; present participle verb or noun Prolonging.]. (references)

Mining

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Synonyms: Prolong

Diuturnity

Tarry; (be late); drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain; protract, prolong; spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out; temporize; gain time, make time, talk against time.

Lateness

Put off, defer, delay, lay over, suspend; table; shift off, stave off; waive, retard, remand, postpone, adjourn; procrastinate; dally; prolong, protract; spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out; prorogue; keep back; tide over; push to the last, drive to the last; let the matter stand over; reserve; (store); temporize; consult one's pillow, sleep on it.

Length

Render long; Adjective: lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong, produce, protract; let out, draw out, spin out; drawl.

Crosswords: Prolong

Won't you come ? Cause I've been waitin' Won't you come ? Cause I've been waitin' See if it's true Won't you come ? Cause I've been waitin' Won't you come ? Cause I've been waitin' See if it's true See if it's true See if it's true Won't you come Cause I've been waitin' Won't you come Cause I've been waitin' Won't you come Cause I've been waitin' Won't you come Cause I've been waitin' See if it's true See if it's true See if it's true Now I've lost the thing That I had to say I know you're no good that way You send me, you wanted this, too Take your heart I think I get it now Well I just can't prolong Somehow I'll really do See if it's true Won't you come Cause I've been waitin' Won't you come Cause I've been waitin' See if it's true See if it's true Time was we'd drop out everything And there was a peace you'd bring But you didn't wanna go Talked about the hell we'd both been through Seemed like the thing to do Like something I needed to know See if it's true See if it's true (Seemed Like the Thing to Do; performing artist: Dino)

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References

• Prolong International Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Atherosclerosis, a Book for Everybody: How to Prolong Your Life and Avoid a Heart Attack (reference)

• Communism: Why Prolong Its Death-Throes? (reference)

• PROLONG INTERNATIONAL CORP.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference)

• Prolong Your Pleasure (reference)

• The secret of staying young : pollen-B and how it can prolong your youth (reference)

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The Knickerbockers prolong the glad time as much as possible. Credit: Library of Congress.

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What, therefore, the wage-labourer appropriates by means of his labour, merely suffices to prolong and reproduce a bare existence. (reference)

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Let us not prolong this sketch

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Health

Steroids could, however, prolong the intestinal phase of the infection. (references)

Some users will frequently increase their doses to intensify and prolong the euphoric effects. (references)

It can be seen as part of her strategy to prolong independent living with family and community. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

The goals are to reduce the amount of waste requiring disposal, to prolong the service life of landfills, and to reduce the costs involved in transporting, disposing and treating the waste. (references)

Germany

It hopes that such demand management at the macro level will dampen inflationary pressures, thus leaving space for continued accommodative monetary policy to prolong the current cyclical upswing. (references)

Chad

Reforms were started years ago, but the government and the French co-owners are continuing to prolong an already protracted privatization process. (references)

Human Rights

Bangladesh

Trials often are characterized by lengthy adjournments, which considerably prolong the incarceration of accused persons who do not receive bail. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

Because of the rampant problem posed by imitation and thus poor quality goods, inspectors may see the change in packaging as a potential contraband and prolong customs clearance. (references)

Worker Rights

Guatemala

Appeals and reappeals by the employers, along with legal ploys such as reincorporation as a different entity, often prolong proceedings for years. (references)

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Albanian

zgjatoj (elongate, hold out, lengthen, linger, protract, reach), zgjat (delay, elongate, extend, hold out, last, lengthen, let down, linger, postpone, protract, reach, reach out, spread, stretch, telescope), zgjas (carry over, delay, drag out, draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, let down, postpone, project, protract, spin out, spread, stretch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مد (add to, dilate, distend, draw out, elongate, equip with, expand, extend, extension, furnish, help, lengthen, lengthening, outspread, outstretch, prolongate, prolongation, protract, protraction, provide, respite, spread, stretch, supply with), ‏أطال (drag out, draw out, elongate, extend, protract, spin). (various references)

Bulgarian 

удължавам (elongate, extend, lengthen, protract, stretch), продължавам (carry on, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, keep, keep on, last, lengthen, proceed, produce, prosecute, protract, push on, reach, resume, spread, stretch). (various references)

Chinese 

延長 (extend), 延长 (Elongating, Extended, Prolongation, Prolonged, Prolonging, Protract, Protracted, Protracting). (various references)

Czech

prodloužit (elongate, extend, lengthen, let down, produce, pull out, renew). (various references)

Danish

udgifter til forbedring og hovedreparation af andre realkapitalgoder,som har til formål at forlænge deres normale levetid,forøge deres produktionskapacitet eller forbedre deres funktion (expenditure on the repair and improvement of machinery and equipment which is intended to prolong its normal life, to increase its capacity or improve its performance). (various references)

Dutch

uitgaven voor verbetering en reparatie van roerende vaste activa,die bestemd zijn om de normale levensduur daarvan te verlengen dan wel de produktiecapaciteit of het rendement daarvan te vergroten (expenditure on the repair and improvement of machinery and equipment which is intended to prolong its normal life, to increase its capacity or improve its performance). (various references)

Farsi 

طفره رفتن (Jink, Parry, Pussyfoot), امتدادیافتن , امتداددادن (Protract, Stretch), درازکردن (Extend, Lengthen, Protract), بتاخیرانداختن (Delay, Hinder), بطول انجامیدن . (various references)

Finnish

pitkittää (delay, extend, lengthen), pidentää (extend, lengthen). (various references)

French

prolongez, prolonger (produce, protract), prolongeons, prolongent. (various references)

German

verlängern (eke out, elongate, extend, lengthen, make longer, produce, project, protract, renew, to elongate, to extend, to lengthen). (various references)

Greek 

παρατείνω (drag, draw out, extend, lengthen, protract, spin out). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשרבב (stretch, transpose), ל�"משיך (carry on, continue, draw, extend, go, go ahead, lengthen, push on, resume), ל�"אריך (draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, protract, spin out, sustain). (various references)

Hungarian

prolongál (to prolong), meghosszabbít (elongate, extend, protract, to elongate, to extend, to lengthen, to prolong). (various references)

Indonesian

memperpanjang (elongate, extend, lengthen). (various references)

Italian

protrarre (continue, defer, extend, protract), prorogare (defer, delay, extend, postpone, prorogue), prolungare (continue, delay, dwell, extend, lengthen, spin out), allungare (elongate, extend, lengthen, put out, reach, renew, shoot out, slip, stick out, stretch, stretch out). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

延ばす (to extend, to grow beard, to lengthen, to postpone, to prolong, to reach out, to stretch). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひきずる (to drag along, to prolong, to pull, to seduce, to support), のばす (to extend, to grow, to lengthen, to postpone, to prolong, to reach out, to stretch), じゅみょう�'のばす (to prolong one's life). (various references)

Korean 

머리말을 붙이십시�". (various references)

Manx

sheeyney magh (attenuate, attenuation, distend, distention, expand, expansion, extend, fork out, hold out, lengthen, pass round, protract, protraction, push out, put out, reach, stretch out, unfold, unfold as landscape), liuraghey (lengthen, lengthening, prolongation). (various references)

Pig Latin

olongpray.(various references)

Portuguese

prolongar (continue, eke out, elongate, extend, lengthen, piece, protract, spin), tornar mais longo, estender (broaden, deploy, extend, flummox, hang out, hold out, lay, lengthen, proffer, put forth, spread, spread out, strech out, stretch, uncoil, unroll, widen), demorar (dally, defer, delay, draggle, dwell, hold up, keep up, linger, procrastinate, protract, retard, slow, tarry, wait), continuar (abide, carry on, continue, endure, go ahead, go along, go on, hold on, keep, keep on, last, lengthen, maintain, proceed, proceed with, progress, prosecute, run, stay), alongar (elongate, extend, lengthen, stretch out). (various references)

Romanian

prelungi (drive, eke out, extend, last, lengthen, pause on, protract, spread). (various references)

Russian 

продолжать (carry on, continue, continue in, continue to, continue with, follow up, go ahead, go on, keep on, keep to, porceeded, proceed), продлевать (elongate, extend, trail out), продлить. (various references)

Scottish

sìn (hand, increase in length, stretch). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prolongirati (extend, postpone), produžiti (carry forward, elongate, extend, go on ahead, hold over, keep up, lengthen, proceed, prosecute, protract, resume), razvući (open, protract, stretch), odužiti (lenghten, repay). (various references)

Spanish

prolongar (carry, extend, lengthen, produce, prolongate, protract, spin out). (various references)

Swedish

förlänga (be extended, elongate, extend, lengthen, produce, protract). (various references)

Turkish

uzatmak (augment, belabor, belabour, continue, drag out, draw out, eke out, elongate, enlarge, extend, grow, hand, hold out, hold over, lengthen, outstretch, pad out, pass, protract, pull out, rack, reach, renew, repose on, sidestep, span, spin out, sprawl out, spread, stand over, stick, stick out, stretch, stretch out, turn to, wiredraw), temdit etmek, sürdürmek (carry on, continue, elongate, follow, go ahead with smth., keep, keep going, keep on, keep the ball rolling, keep up, lead, maintain, perpetuate, persist, prosecute, pursue, remain, support, sustain, uphold, wage). (various references)

Turkmen 

uzaltmak (lengthen), sьяndьrmek (extend, stretch out). (various references)

Ukrainian

відстрочувати (adjourn, defer, delay, lay over, postpone, prolongate, prorogue, put off), пролонгувати (prolongate), продовжувати (carry, carry on, continue, elongate, go ahead, go along, go on, keep on, proceed, produce, prolongate, prosecute, protract, pursue, resume). (various references)

Welsh

estyn (extend, reach, stretch). (various references)

circumducatur, circumducendi, circumducentibus, circumduci, circumduxerunt, circumduxissent, circumduxit, continuo, duc, ducam, ducamus, ducas, ducat, duce, ducebamini, ducebant, ducebantur, ducebat, ducemini, ducendos, ducens, ducent, ducentem, ducentes, ducenti, ducentis, ducentur, ducere, ducerent, ducerentur, duceret, duceretur, duces, ducesque, ducet, ducetur, duci, ducimini, ducimus, ducis, ducit, ducite, ducta, ductae, ductas, ducti, ductique, ducto, ductu, ducturus, ductus, ducunt, ducuntur, duxerant, duxerat, duxere, duxerint, duxerit, duxerunt, duxi, duximus, duxisset, duxisti, duxistis, duxit, duxitque, extendam, extendant, extendas, extendat, extende, extendebantur, extendebat, extendens, extendent, extendente, extendentes, extendentium, extendentque, extenderat, extendere, extenderent, extenderet, extenderim, extenderit, extenderitis, extenderunt, extendes, extendet, extendetur, extendi, extendisse, extendisset, extendisti, extendit, extenditque, extenditur, extenta, extentae, extenti, extento, extentum, extentumque, extentus, extraham, extrahent, extrahentur, extrahere, extrahet, extraho, extraxerunt, extraxisti, extraxit, perduc, perducatis, perducatque, perducebant, perducere, perducerent, perducet, perduci, perductus, perducunt, perduxerunt, perduxi, perduxisset, perduxit, pro-, prodere, proderet, proderis, prodiderat, prodideris, prodit, proditi, proditor, produc, producam, producant, producas, producat, producatque, producendi, producens, producere, produceret, producet, producetur, producis, producit, producite, productiles, producturus, producunt, produxerant, produxeris, produxerit, produxi, produxit, produxitque, prolongabitur, prolongata, prolongatus, prolongaverunt, prolongavit, prolongentur, protendentem, protendentes, protendit, protraham, protrahantur, protrahas, protraxisti, protraxit, superextendam, superextendimus. (various references)

prolongare. (various references)

lengan. (various references)

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Derivations

Words beginning with "prolong": prolongation, prolongations, prolonge, prolonged, prolonger, prolongers, prolonges, prolonging, prolongs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Prolong" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: procon, Proliant, Prolink, prolng, royong. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: prolog.

-2 letters: orlop, porno, prong.

-3 letters: glop, goon, goop, gorp, logo, long, loon, loop, lorn, nolo, polo, pong, pool, poon, poor, porn, prog.

-4 letters: goo, gor, log, loo, lop, nog, noo, nor, pol, pro.

-5 letters: go, lo, no, on, op, or.

+1 letter: prolonge, prolongs.

+2 letters: prologing, prolonged, prolonger, prolonges.

+3 letters: carpooling, droopingly, nephrology, phrenology, precooling, prologuing, prolongers, prolonging.

+4 letters: carpogonial, pigeonholer, prolegomena, prologizing, protocoling, provokingly.

+5 letters: anthropology, glycoprotein, holographing, laryngoscope, laryngoscopy, nephrologies, nephrologist, organoleptic, overpeopling, overplotting, phrenologies, phrenologist, pigeonholers, polychroming, pregnenolone, prolegomenon, prologuizing, prolongation, promulgation, proteoglycan, protocolling, supercooling.