lengthen

length·en

L0117700 (lĕngk′thən, lĕng′-, lĕn′-)tr. & intr.v. length·ened, length·en·ing, length·ens To make or become longer.

length′en·er n.

lengthen

(ˈlɛŋkθən; ˈlɛŋθən) vbto make or become longer ˈlengthener n

length•en

(ˈlɛŋk θən, ˈlɛŋ-, ˈlɛn-)

v.t., v.i. to make or become greater in length. [1490–1500] length′en•er, n.

lengthen

Past participle: lengthened
Gerund: lengthening

Imperative
lengthen
lengthen

Present
I lengthen
you lengthen
he/she/it lengthens
we lengthen
you lengthen
they lengthen

Preterite
I lengthened
you lengthened
he/she/it lengthened
we lengthened
you lengthened
they lengthened

Present Continuous
I am lengthening
you are lengthening
he/she/it is lengthening
we are lengthening
you are lengthening
they are lengthening

Present Perfect
I have lengthened
you have lengthened
he/she/it has lengthened
we have lengthened
you have lengthened
they have lengthened

Past Continuous
I was lengthening
you were lengthening
he/she/it was lengthening
we were lengthening
you were lengthening
they were lengthening

Past Perfect
I had lengthened
you had lengthened
he/she/it had lengthened
we had lengthened
you had lengthened
they had lengthened

Future
I will lengthen
you will lengthen
he/she/it will lengthen
we will lengthen
you will lengthen
they will lengthen

Future Perfect
I will have lengthened
you will have lengthened
he/she/it will have lengthened
we will have lengthened
you will have lengthened
they will have lengthened

Future Continuous
I will be lengthening
you will be lengthening
he/she/it will be lengthening
we will be lengthening
you will be lengthening
they will be lengthening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been lengthening
you have been lengthening
he/she/it has been lengthening
we have been lengthening
you have been lengthening
they have been lengthening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been lengthening
you will have been lengthening
he/she/it will have been lengthening
we will have been lengthening
you will have been lengthening
they will have been lengthening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been lengthening
you had been lengthening
he/she/it had been lengthening
we had been lengthening
you had been lengthening
they had been lengthening

Conditional
I would lengthen
you would lengthen
he/she/it would lengthen
we would lengthen
you would lengthen
they would lengthen

Past Conditional
I would have lengthened
you would have lengthened
he/she/it would have lengthened
we would have lengthened
you would have lengthened
they would have lengthened

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	lengthen - make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"prolong, protract, draw out, extend - lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"elongate, stretch - make long or longer by pulling and stretching; "stretch the fabric"shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness"
	2.	lengthen - become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast"shorten - become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten"

lengthen

verb1. extend, continue, increase, stretch, expand, elongate, make longer The runway had to be lengthened.
extend cut, trim, diminish, cut down, shorten, curtail, abbreviate, abridge2. protract, extend, prolong, draw out, spin out, make longer They want to lengthen the school day.
protract cut, cut down, shorten, curtail

lengthen

verbTo make or become longer:draw out, elongate, extend, prolong, prolongate, protract, spin (out), stretch (out).Mathematics: produce.

Translations

使延长加长

length

(leŋθ) noun1. the distance from one end to the other of an object, period of time etc. What is the length of your car?; Please note down the length of time it takes you to do this.长度2. a piece of something, especially cloth. I bought a (3–metre) length of silk. （某物的）一段 3. in racing, the measurement from end to end of a horse, boat etc. He won by a length; The other boat is several lengths in front. 身长距离，（马或船的）自身长度 ˈlengthen verb to make or become longer. I'll have to lengthen this skirt; The days are lengthening now that the spring has come. 加长，使延长 ˈlengthways/ˈlengthwise adverb in the direction of the length. She folded the towels lengthways. 纵长地，纵向地 ˈlengthy adjective of great, often too great, length. This essay is interesting but lengthy. 漫长的，过长的 at length1. in detail; taking a long time. She told us at length about her accident.详细地2. at last. At length the walkers arrived home.最后go to any lengths to do anything, no matter how extreme, dishonest, wicked etc, to achieve a particular aim. She'd go to any lengths to get herself promoted.竭尽全力

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verb extend

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verb protract

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verb to make or become longer

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verb make longer

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verb become long or longer

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