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# prolonged

«prolonged» in Mova's school dictionary: **Lasting a long time, or longer than usual** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (prolonged); verb (past tense and past participle of prolong: prolong, prolongs, prolonged, prolonging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lasting a long time, or longer than usual. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/#m1)

2) (verb) Made something last longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety it warns about long exposure: prolonged sun, prolonged screen time, prolonged cold. In stories and news: a prolonged silence, a prolonged drought. Phrases: prolonged period, prolonged exposure, prolonged applause.

### examples

- There was a prolonged silence after the bad news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/#x1)
- Prolonged exposure to the sun can burn your skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/#x2)
- The drought was prolonged and the river dried up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/#x3)
- The match was prolonged by extra time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/#x4)
- Prolonged use of headphones at high volume can damage hearing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/#x5)
- The audience gave a prolonged cheer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/#x6)
- But the prolonged absence of Theseus gave rise to other troubles of a more serious character. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/#x7)

### note

Pronounced pro-LONGD. Prolong is the verb; prolonged usually acts as an adjective before a noun. In maths problems, prolonged means the time is longer than first planned, so add the extra time.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prolonged» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prolonged/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.