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- Dictionarylengthen/ˈlɛŋ(k)θn/
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- 1. make or become longer: "the mascara will lengthen your lashes" Similar Opposite
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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.
Synonyms for LENGTHEN: extend, prolong, increase, stretch, elongate, protract, expand, drag (out); Antonyms of LENGTHEN: shorten, cut, reduce, curtail, decrease, cut back, diminish, lessen
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A complete guide to the word "LENGTHEN": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
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 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 become longer or to make something longer: They have lengthened the school day. The days started to lengthen. (Definition of lengthen from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
to become longer or to make something longer: There are plans to lengthen the school day. lengthening waiting lists. Want to learn more? Improve your vocabulary with English Vocabulary in Use from Cambridge. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence.
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.
