prolong

English

Verb

prolong (third-person singular simple present prolongs, present participle prolonging, simple past and past participle prolonged)

1. (transitive) To extend in space or length.
2. (transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.
3. (transitive) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.

   The government shouldn't prolong deciding on this issue any further.

Translations

To extend in space or length

Arabic: أطال (ar) ('aTaala) Esperanto: vastigi (eo) Estonian: pikendama (et)

Finnish: pidentää (fi), jatkaa (fi), venyttää (fi) German: ausdehnen (de) Portuguese: prolongar (pt)

To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue

Arabic: أطال (ar) ('aTaala) Esperanto: longigi (eo) Estonian: pikendama (et)

Finnish: pidentää, jatkaa, pitkittää, venyttää German: verlängern  (de) Portuguese: prolongar (pt)

To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone

Esperanto: prokrasti (eo) Estonian: edasi lükkama (et) Finnish: pidentää (fi), venyttää (fi)

German: hinauszögern  (de) Portuguese: adiar (pt)

Derived terms

• prolongable
• prolongation
• prolonger
• prolongment

References

• prolong in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• prolong in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913