PROLONG


Meaning of PROLONG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prəlɒŋ, AM -lɔ:ŋ ]

( prolongs, prolonging, prolonged)

To prolong something means to make it last longer.

Mr Chesler said foreign military aid was prolonging the war...

= extend

VERB : V n

• pro‧lon‧ga‧tion

(prolongations)

...the prolongation of productive human life.

N-VAR : usu N of n

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