Definitions for lengthening
length·en·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prolongation, protraction, perpetuation, lengtheningnoun

   the act of prolonging something

   "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

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1. lengtheningnoun

   a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens

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1. lengthening

   Lengthening is the process or action of making something longer, either by physical extension or the addition of extra time or content. It can apply to various contexts such as time duration, physical objects, sounds or even the extension of words in linguistics.

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1. Lengthening

   of Lengthen

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1. lengthening

   The operation of cutting a ship down across the middle, and adding a certain portion to her length. This is done by sawing her planks asunder in different parts of her length, on each side of the midship-frame, to prevent her from being weakened too much in one place. One end is then drawn apart to the required distance. An intermediate piece of timber is next added to the keel, and the vacancy filled up. The two parts of the keelson are afterwards united. Finally, the planks of the side are prolonged, so as to unite with each other, and those of the ceiling refitted.

Matched Categories

1. • Continuance

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How to pronounce lengthening?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say lengthening in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lengthening in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lengthening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of lengthening in a Sentence

1. Charlotte McKinney:

   I’m all about lengthening and toning, i don’t do heavy weights. I don’t really do anything too intense. It’s more cardio and stretching and yoga and keeping long, lean muscles as opposed to doing a bunch of reps with weights. I usually [work out] six days a week [but] it’s more of a mental thing. Mentally, I feel so much better after I work out. I would say an hour a day, sometimes two hours. It just depends, but I’ve learned to not be so hard on myself.

2. Lin Ying-yu:

   I do n’t think the lengthening of service alone will lead to better national defense.

3. Justin Crane:

   Competition for mandates will increase, leading to further pricing compression, particularly fees, lengthening of tenors and loosening of structures.

4. Winston Churchill:

   Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.

5. Charles Lamb:

   A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of impertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noon-tide of our prosperity. He is known by his knock.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lengthening
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lengthening
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lengthening
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=lengthening
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=lengthening