prolonged

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈlɔŋd/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈlɑŋd/
• Hyphenation: pro‧longed

Adjective

prolonged (comparative more prolonged, superlative most prolonged)

1. Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.
   • 2023 February 22, Paul Clifton, “Network News: All SWR main lines disrupted, but landslip repaired”, in RAIL, number 977, page 9:

     The landslip followed a period of prolonged rainfall.

Synonyms

• enduring, longsome; see also Thesaurus:lasting

Antonyms

• brief, temporary; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Derived terms

• prolonged abortion
• prolongedly
• unprolonged

Translations

lengthy in duration; extended; protracted

Azerbaijani: davamlı, sürəkli, uzun sürən Bulgarian: удължен (bg) (udǎlžen), продължителен (bg) (prodǎlžitelen) Finnish: pitkällinen (fi) (lengthy); pitkittynyt (fi) (extended due to reasons not under control); pitkitetty, jatkettu (fi) (extended at will) French: prolongé (fr) Galician: prolongado (gl) Georgian: გახანგრძლივებული (gaxangrʒlivebuli) German: anhaltend (de), lang anhaltend, andauernd (de), ausgedehnt (de), langwierig (de) (illness, disease), länger dauernd, länger andauernd, verlängert (de), protrahiert (de), gedehnt (de) (temporally), prolongiert (de), Dauer-, Langzeit- (de) Greek: παρατεταμένος (el) m (paratetaménos) Hungarian: hosszú (hu), hosszadalmas (hu), hosszan tartó Italian: prolungato (it) Latin: prōductus (la) Maori: auroa Ottoman Turkish: اوزون (uzun) Polish: przedłużający się Portuguese: prolongado (pt) Romanian: prelung (ro), îndelungat (ro) Spanish: prolongado (es) Swedish: långvarig (sv), utdragen (sv)

Verb

prolonged

1. simple past and past participle of prolong