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prolong

/pɹəˈlɔːŋ/pruh-LAWNG
/pɹəˈlɔŋ/pruh-LAWNG

Meaningto lengthen

Common meaning: to make last longer

‘forward’ + ‘long’ → prolong

Journey through time

  1. Latinlongus‘long’
  2. Middle Englishprolongensource
  3. Englishprolong‘to make last longer’ · today

pro- also in: promptpropelproblemproceedprocess

long also in: longitude

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin longus ‘long’.

Roots

Related words

longitudeoblong

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