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- Dictionarylengthen/ˈlɛŋ(k)θn/
verb
- 1. make or become longer: "the mascara will lengthen your lashes" Similar Opposite
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LENGTHEN definition: 1. to make something longer, or to become longer: 2. If you lengthen something, or it lengthens…. Learn more.
The meaning of LENGTHEN is to make longer. How to use lengthen in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Lengthen.
To lengthen is to make longer, either in a material or an immaterial sense: to lengthen a dress. To extend is to lengthen beyond some original point or so as to reach a certain point: to extend a railway line by a hundred miles.
to make something longer, or to become longer: I'll have to lengthen this skirt. lengthening waiting lists. If you lengthen something, or it lengthens, it takes longer to happen: There is a plan to lengthen the three-year course to four years. Opposite. shorten. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Enlarging and inflating. augmentation.
Define lengthen. lengthen synonyms, lengthen pronunciation, lengthen translation, English dictionary definition of lengthen. tr. & intr.v. length·ened , length·en·ing , length·ens To make or become longer. length′en·er n.
To lengthen is to make longer, either in a material or an immaterial sense: to lengthen a dress. To extend is to lengthen beyond some original point or so as to reach a certain point: to extend a railway line by a hundred miles.
To lengthen is to make something longer, either physically or in time. During the spring and early summer, the days lengthen, as sundown comes later and later. Mascara lengthens your eyelashes, and letting out your hem lengthens your jeans.
lengthen meaning, definition, what is lengthen: to make something longer or to become lo...: Learn more.
Definition of lengthen verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to become longer or to make something longer: There are plans to lengthen the school day. lengthening waiting lists. (Definition of lengthen from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
