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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