Prolong Meaning
/pɹəʊˈlɒŋ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo extend in space or length.
verbTo lengthen in time; to extend the duration of.
Sentence Examples
I'd like to prolong my stay in America.
Gooseberries can prolong your life.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The medication was used to ____ the patient's life for a few more months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctors decided to ____ the treatment for another six weeks to ensure complete recovery.
Word Origin & History
Either a back-formation from prolongation, or from Old French prolonguer or porloignier, from Latin prōlongō, from prō + longō. Doublet of purloin.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”"
— 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The medication was used to ____ the patient's life for a few more months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The doctors decided to ____ the treatment for another six weeks to ensure complete recovery.