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LENGTHENING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of prolonging something

Example:

there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks

Synonyms:

lengthening; perpetuation; prolongation; protraction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lengthening" is a kind of...):

continuance; continuation (the act of continuing an activity without interruption)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb lengthen

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 Context examples: 

It was not long before I observed that it was the most susceptible part of her face, and that, when she turned pale, that mark altered first, and became a dull, lead-coloured streak, lengthening out to its full extent, like a mark in invisible ink brought to the fire.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)