The coat is a bit too short. Can you lengthen it?
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Lengthen
//ˈlɛŋθən//
Synonyms for "lengthen" (76 found)
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57 translations across 34 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- zgat verb (to make longer)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- μακρύνω verb (to make longer)
- μηκύνω verb (to make longer)
Arabic
3 entries- أَطَالَ verb (to make longer)
- طَالَ verb (to become longer)
- طَوَّلَ verb (to make longer)
Armenian
1 entries- երկարացնել verb (to make longer)
Aromanian
1 entries- lundzescu verb (to make longer)
Assamese
3 entries- দীঘল কৰ verb (to make longer)
- দীঘল হোৱা verb (to become longer)
- দীঘলা verb (to make longer)
Breton
1 entries- hiraat verb (to make longer)
Bulgarian
2 entries- удължавам verb (to make longer)
- удължавам се verb (to become longer)
Catalan
1 entries- allargar verb (to make longer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 加長 /加长 verb (to make longer)
Czech
2 entries- prodloužit verb (to make longer)
- prodloužit se verb (to become longer)
Finnish
3 entries- pidentyä verb (to become longer)
- pidentää verb (to make longer)
- pidetä verb (to become longer)
French
1 entries- rallonger verb (to make longer)
Georgian
2 entries- დაგრძელება verb (to make longer)
- დაჭიმვა verb (to make longer)
German
1 entries- verlängern verb (to make longer)
Ido
1 entries- longeskar verb (to make longer)
Ingrian
2 entries- pitentää verb (to make longer)
- pitetä verb (to become longer)
Irish
1 entries- sín verb (to make longer)
Italian
1 entries- allungare verb (to make longer)
Japanese
3 entries- 延ばす verb (to make longer)
- 延長する verb (to make longer)
- 長くする verb (to make longer)
Jarai
1 entries- pơglông verb (to make longer)
Kazakh
2 entries- ұзару verb (to make longer)
- ұзару verb (to become longer)
Ladino
1 entries- alargar verb (to make longer)
Macedonian
2 entries- должи verb (to make longer)
- продолжува verb (to make longer)
Māori
2 entries- katete verb (to make longer)
- whakaroa verb (to make longer)
Norman
1 entries- allouongni verb (to make longer)
Polish
2 entries- przedłużyć verb (to make longer)
- wydłużyć verb (to make longer)
Portuguese
3 entries- acompridar verb (to make longer)
- alongar verb (to make longer)
- encompridar verb (to make longer)
Romanian
1 entries- lungi verb (to make longer)
Russian
2 entries- удлини́ть verb (to make longer)
- удлиня́ть verb (to make longer)
Spanish
3 entries- alargar verb (to make longer)
- alargarse verb (to become longer)
- elongar verb (to make longer)
Swahili
1 entries- refusha verb (to make longer)
Swedish
2 entries- förlänga verb (to make longer)
- förlängas verb (to become longer)
Telugu
1 entries- పొడిగించు verb (to make longer)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The length of the frost-free season (and the corresponding growing season) has been increasing nationally since the 1980s, with the largest increases occurring in the western United States, affecting ecosystems and agriculture. Across the United States, the growing season is projected to continue to lengthen.
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It was Franklin Delano Roosevelt who stirred the pot again in 1939, by moving Thanksgiving to the third Thursday in November. Up until then, Americans had marked the holiday on the last Thursday in November, a date first specified by Lincoln. The new date was Roosevelt's bid to lengthen the Christmas shopping season and boost the nation’s economic recovery after the Great Depression.
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Being optimistic could lengthen your life, a new study suggests.
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