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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 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.
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.
LENGTHEN meaning: 1. to make something longer, or to become longer: 2. If you lengthen something, or it lengthens…. Learn more.
verb. 1. extend, continue, increase, stretch, expand, elongate, make longer The runway had to be lengthened. extend cut, trim, diminish, cut down, shorten, curtail, abbreviate, abridge. 2. protract, extend, prolong, draw out, spin out, make longer They want to lengthen the school day. protract cut, cut down, shorten, curtail.
Definition of lengthen verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
lengthen meaning, definition, what is lengthen: to make something longer or to become lo...: Learn more.
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.
