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UK
/pɹəlˈɒŋd/
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[ US /pɹəˈɫɔŋd/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈɫɔŋd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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drawn out or made longer spatially
the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
lengthened skirts are fashionable this year
a prolonged black line across the page
Picasso's elongated Don Quixote -
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
protracted negotiations
an extended discussion
a prolonged and bitter struggle
a drawn-out argument
How To Use prolonged In A Sentence
- Difenacoum, detected in her blood samples, can be absorbed through skin, with prolonged anticoagulant effects.
- The bolide probably prolonged and intensified the change, and may have weighed heavily in favor of mammals or birds and against non - avian dinosaurs.
- With check-in times now prolonged because of security issues, traders are lapping up even more business as they tempt us with their trinkets and gewgaws.
- A prolonged period of low investment will weaken productivity and longterm potential growth. Times, Sunday Times
- Symptoms need to have been present for a prolonged period of time for a true diagnosis to be made.
- a prolonged and bitter struggle
- Caffeine appears to offer ergogenic benefits during prolonged exercise, but not during short-burst, high-intensity activities.
- This may be due to the cheetah's prolonged courtship behavior, which requires extensive territory.
- Owing to these qualities they are utilised for prolonged and searching reconnoitring duties such as strategical reconnaissances as distinct from the hurried and tactical reconnaissances carried out by fleeter machines. Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
- It was only after a painful and prolonged scene that she was ejected by the butler and the footman. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
