prolongation

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌproʊlɔŋˈɡeɪʃən/ UK /ˌprəʊlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the act of extending in time or space

The prolongation of the war exhausted both nations.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of extending in... extension lengthening continuation protraction prolonging elongation

Opposites

shorteningabbreviation curtailmenttruncation

Word family

Related forms prolong prolonged longitude

Etymology

From Old French prolongation, from Late Latin prolongationem, from prolongare ('to prolong'), from Latin pro- ('forth') + longus ('long').

prolongatio Latin longus Latin *dlongʰos Proto-Indo-European

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# prolongation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌproʊlɔŋˈɡeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌprəʊlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. the act of extending in time or space

## Examples
- The prolongation of the war exhausted both nations.

## Synonyms
- extension
- lengthening
- continuation
- protraction
- prolonging
- elongation

## Antonyms
- shortening
- abbreviation
- curtailment
- truncation

## Related Forms
- prolong
- prolonged
- longitude

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: prolongatio
- Root: longus
- Root: *dlongʰos

## Etymology
From Old French prolongation, from Late Latin prolongationem, from prolongare ('to prolong'), from Latin pro- ('forth') + longus ('long').

## AI Etymology
Prolongation comes from Old French prolongation, from Late Latin prolongationem, from prolongare ('to prolong'), from Latin pro- ('forth') + longus ('long'). The historical chain includes Latin prolongatio, Latin longus, and Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos. The quoted older senses, "to prolong", "forth", and "long", supply the semantic anchors for prolongation. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word prolongation carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the act of extending in time or space". Related English forms include prolong, prolonged, and longitude. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

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