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prolongation

noun

1 prolongation

The act of prolonging something:
— There was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks.

synonyms: lengthening, perpetuation, protraction.

Roget 133: lateness etc. adj.; tardiness etc. (slowness) 275.    delay, delation; cunctation, procrastination; deferring, deferral etc. ... show more

Roget 143: continuance, continuation; run; perpetuation, prolongation; persistence etc. (perseverance) 604.1; repetition etc. 104.   

Roget 200: length, longitude, span; mileage; distance etc. 196.    line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius.    ... show more

Dutch: vereeuwiging, verlenging, verlengstuk
Polish: prolongacja, prolongata

2 prolongation

Amount or degree or range to which something extends.

synonyms: extension, lengthiness.

3 prolongation

The consequence of being lengthened in duration.

synonyms: continuation, lengthiness, protraction.


Moby thesaurus: adjournal, adjournment, coming after, consecution, consecutiveness, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, deferment, deferral, descent, elongation, endurance, extension, extension of time, following, lengthening, line, lineage ... show more.

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