lengthenverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈleŋ.θən/us/ˈleŋ.θən/C1 to make something longer, or to become longer:
I'll have to lengthen this skirt.
lengthening waiting lists
If you lengthen something, or it lengthens, it takes longer to happen:
There is a plan to lengthen the three-year course to four years.
Opposite
shorten
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enlarging and inflating
- balloon
- bloat
- blow
- blow sth up
- blow up
- broaden
- build (sb/sth) up
- deepen
- dilate
- engorged
- enlarge
- expand
- flare
- fluff sth up
- inflate
- magnification
- puff
- scale sth up
- stretch
- widen
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