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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Prolong \Pro*long"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prolonged; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Prolonging.] [F. prolonger, L. prolongare; pro
     before, forth + longus long. See Long, a., and cf.
     Prolongate, Purloin. ]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw
        out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Prolong awhile the traitor's life.    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To put off to a distant time; to postpone. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Prolong \Pro*long"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prolonged; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Prolonging.] [F. prolonger, L. prolongare; pro
     before, forth + longus long. See Long, a., and cf.
     Prolongate, Purloin. ]
     1. To extend in space or length; as, to prolong a line.
  
     2. To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw
        out; to continue; as, to prolong one's days.
  
              Prolong awhile the traitor's life.    --Shak.
  
              The unhappy queen with talk prolonged the night.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     3. To put off to a distant time; to postpone. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  prolong
       v 1: lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged
            our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The
            meeting was drawn out until midnight" [syn: protract,
            extend, draw out]
       2: lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the
          diplomatic negociations as long as possible"; "prolong the
          treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work" [syn: sustain,
           keep up]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prolong
     Αγγλικά n.
     επιμηκύνω, παρατείνω, επεκτείνω κάτι στο χώρο ή το χρόνο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prolong
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To extend in space or length.
     2 (lb en transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  prolong
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To extend in space or length.
     2 (lb en transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  prolong
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To extend in space or length.
     2 (lb en transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  prolong
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To extend in space or length.
     2 (lb en transitive) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prolong
     Englanti vb.
     pitkittää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prolong
     Engelska vb.
     förlänga

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Prolong /pɹəlˈɒŋ/
  أطل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  prolong //pɹoʊˈlɑŋ// //pɹoʊˈlɔŋ// //pɹəʊˈlɒŋ// 
  1. удължавам
  to extend in space or length
  2. отлагам
  to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prolong /pɹəlˈɒŋ/
  prolongovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prolong /pɹəlˈɒŋ/
  prodloužit

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  prolong /pɹəlˈɒŋ/
  
  παρατείνω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  prolong //pɹoʊˈlɑŋ// //pɹoʊˈlɔŋ// //pɹəʊˈlɒŋ// 
  1. jatkaa, pidentää, venyttää
  to extend in space or length
  2. jatkaa, pidentää, pitkittää, venyttää
  to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
  3. pidentää, pitkittää, venyttää
  to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  prolong /pɹəlˈɒŋ/ 
  1. लम्बा करना
        "The doctor prolonged the patient's life for some more days by a good treatment."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  prolong /pɹəlˈɒŋ/
  nastaviti, odgoditi, produžiti, prolongirati

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  prolong /prəˈlɒŋ/ 
    przedłużać

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  prolong //pɹoʊˈlɑŋ// //pɹoʊˈlɔŋ// //pɹəʊˈlɒŋ// 
  1. förlänga 2.
  to lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue
   3.
  to extend in space or length
  2. skjuta upp
  to lengthen; to put off to a distant time; to postpone

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  prolong /pɹəlˈɒŋ/
  1. uzatmak, sürdürmek. prolongation  uzatma, sürdürme.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/pɹəˈɫɔŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "prolong":
     adjourn, continue, dawdle, defer, delay, drag on, drag out, draw,
     draw out, dwell on, elongate, endure, extend, hang fire, hang up,
     hold, hold off, hold over, hold up, keep, keep alive, keep going,
     keep up, last, lay aside, lay by, lay over, lengthen, lengthen out,
     let out, linger on, maintain, perpetuate, persist, pigeonhole,
     postpone, preserve, procrastinate, produce, prolongate, prorogate,
     prorogue, protract, pull, push aside, put aside, put off,
     put on ice, recess, reserve, retain, set aside, set by, shelve,
     shift off, sleep on, spin out, stand over, stave off, stay, strain,
     stretch, stretch out, string out, suspend, sustain, table,
     take a recess, tauten, temporize, tense, tighten, waive
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 延长,拖延;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 延长,拖延,拖长

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