prolong meaning
EN- VerbSGprolongsPRprolongingPT, PPprolongedPREpro-SUF-long
- (transitive) To extend in space or length.
- (transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.
- The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
- (transitive) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
- The government shouldn't prolong deciding on this issue any further.
- (transitive) To extend in space or length.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The government shouldn't prolong deciding on this issue any further.
- This "mimic agnosy" will be removed only through very prolonged maturation and learning.
- Seventh, this study was conducted when our knowledge of the best practice for the weaning method in tracheostomised patients with prolonged MV had remained undetermined.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of prolong in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "prolong" is a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.