prolongation
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English prolongacioun, from Old French prolongation, from Late Latin prōlongātiō, from prōlongātus, perfect passive participle of Latin prōlongō, from prō + longus.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɹəʊlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən/, /ˌpɹəʊləŋˈɡeɪʃən/, /ˌpɹɒlɒŋˈɡeɪʃən/, /ˌpɹɒləŋˈɡeɪʃən/[1]
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹoʊˌlɔŋˈ(ɡ)eɪʃən/, /pɹəˌlɔŋˈ(ɡ)eɪʃən/, /pɹoʊˌlɑŋˈ(ɡ)eɪʃən/, /pɹəˌlɑŋˈ(ɡ)eɪʃən/
NounEdit
prolongation (countable and uncountable, plural prolongations)
- The act of prolonging.[2][3]
- That which has been prolonged; an extension.
SynonymsEdit
- (act of prolonging: extending in space): stretching
- (act of prolonging: extending the duration of): continuance, prolongment, prorogation, protraction
- (act of prolonging: putting off to a distant time): deferral, procrastination; see also Thesaurus:deferment
TranslationsEdit
an extension
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 7.54, page 217.
- ^ prolongation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- ^ prolongation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French prolongation, borrowed from Late Latin prōlongātiō, prōlongātiōnem, from prōlongātus, perfect passive participle of Latin prōlongō, from prō + longus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
prolongation f (plural prolongations)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “prolongation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Late Latin prōlongātiō, prōlongātiōnem, from prōlongātus, perfect passive participle of Latin prōlongō, from prō + longus.
NounEdit
prolongation f (oblique plural prolongations, nominative singular prolongation, nominative plural prolongations)