adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a long/prolonged spell
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We have just had a long spell of unusually dry weather.
a prolonged absence (= continuing for a long time )
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Requests for prolonged absence during term time are strongly discouraged.
prolonged/protracted (= very long )
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Despite protracted negotiations, the two sides have failed to reach agreement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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There is a tendency for illnesses to become more prolonged , less intense and for the recovery to be slower.
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Song not unlike Meadow Pipit, but more prolonged and musical and often delivered at greater height.
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Thirdly, more prolonged treatment might have shown a late effect.
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But a piece of bread lying in almost liquid mud will demand a more prolonged cleaning process.
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In the meantime more prolonged screening beyond 30 years will be required in a number of at risk individuals.
■ NOUN
absence
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Sometimes foundations are shaken to the core by the premature death or prolonged absence of the main attachment figure.
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And how do you propose to explain your prolonged absence ?
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Her prolonged absence had affected his concentration, and he'd made a hash of the signature of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
drought
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However, prolonged drought , and in Matebeleland armed conflict, have limited its effectiveness.
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This is commonly blamed on a prolonged drought during the amelioration of climate following the last glaciation.
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This summer, the situation has been exacerbated by prolonged drought .
exposure
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The true effect on wild dolphin populations of prolonged exposure to chemical pollutants is hard to measure.
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Everyone suffered from that daily and prolonged exposure to a Baldersdale winter - swollen faces and aching joints were commonplace.
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It does make sense that the lateral line would be adversely affected by prolonged exposure to unusually high voltage.
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However, laboratory tests show that Gore-Text can be penetrated by prolonged exposure to rain.
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It also brought prolonged exposure to the values and beliefs of the world's most powerful and prosperous capitalist nation.
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In fact, I think that we all get affected by it through prolonged exposure .
period
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A prolonged period of family life permits the growing offspring to add individual learning experiences to their inborn behaviour programming.
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Corticosteroids, if used for a prolonged period , can cause a type of dependency.
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This problem is most prevalent during prolonged periods of hot, dry weather.
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Don't leave your tent pitched all day for a prolonged period - this will degrade the flysheet.
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It would be surprising if prolonged periods of psychological morbidity are not reflected in declining physical health.
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Visits will be made to a small number of contrasting forces for a fairly prolonged period .
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It may reflect some prolonged period of stress at any level of being; physical, mental or emotional.
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If this treatment changes the fundamental disease process, a prolonged period of remission might be expected in these patients.
recession
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The prolonged recession wrecked Government finances, as income from taxation fell and spending on social security rose.
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Is he worried that it has taken such a deep and prolonged recession to reduce inflation to its current level?
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But prolonged recession and high unemployment knocked his popularity down to rock-bottom.
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Economists worry that even higher rates would make a prolonged recession much more likely than at present.
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Large firms have the expectation that prolonged recession will provoke assistance from at least some parts of the bureaucracy.
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In either case United Kingdom-linked companies are best avoided, as prolonged recession would result in more company failures and dividend cuts.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a prolonged and bloody battle for independence
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a prolonged illness
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How are you going to explain your prolonged absence?
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Studies show that prolonged exposure to maternal depression can result in childhood mood disorders.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As he had expected, Grigoriev's skin was tinted faintly golden, the result of prolonged use of Longivex.
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Heavy and prolonged frosts could reduce the normally steep and swift-flowing river to a mere trickle.
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It would be surprising if prolonged periods of psychological morbidity are not reflected in declining physical health.
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Measurement of sodium concentrations is simple to perform and offers the possibility of prolonged continuous monitoring.
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She did not want a prolonged discussion, she wanted only that he should go away.
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This problem is most prevalent during prolonged periods of hot, dry weather.
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This was different: these were the sounds of distress - short staccato yelps broken by prolonged baleful howling.
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We are able to resume ourselves after sleep, after an alcoholic stupor, after an epileptic fit, after prolonged coma.