prolongmentn.
/prəˈlɒŋm(ə)nt/, U.S. /prəˈlɔŋm(ə)nt/, /proʊˈlɔŋm(ə)nt/, /prəˈlɑŋm(ə)nt/, /proʊˈlɑŋm(ə)nt/ The fact or condition of being lengthened or extended; prolongation; an instance of this.
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the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > lengthening in duration or prolonging
continuancec1374
prorogationc1400
prolongation?a1425
training1440
lengthingc1480
enlonging1509
prolonging1528
protraction1535
protract of time1536
productionc1540
trait1545
lengthening1574
continuation1587
prolongment1593
conserving1610
extensiona1631
wire-drawing1640
continuing1643
spinning1644
permansion1646
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 87 The prolongment of a fewe earthlie dayes.
1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue ii. ii. 152 He himself may have..endeavor'd earnestly the prolongment of his own uneligible and wretched State.
1759 tr. G. Le Blond Mil. Engineer II. 93 Center of the bastion, is the point where the prolongments of the two neighbouring curtains intersect.
1812 J. Galt Lady Macbeth iii. xi, in Trag. 152 What! had'st thou con'd in previous cogitation, The phrase and suppliancy meet to earn The base prolongment of thy cringing life?
1858 De Bow's Rev. Jan. 71 The Ohio canal was completed in 1832... Its branches or feeders are..the Lancaster branch, nine miles, the Athens extension to Hocking, a prolongment of the Lancaster, fifty-six miles, [etc.].
1889 Tablet 7 Dec. 910 The prolongment of the actual hostilities cannot continue.
1911 Washington Post 7 Aug. 5/2 Revision measures may cause prolongment of session beyond this week.
1967 Times 14 Aug. 17/1 Any major prolongment of the oil crisis is bound to have considerable effect.
1997 Internat. Jrnl. Middle East Stud. 29 232 The British worried about the prolongment of the negotiations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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