lengthened

Questions about lengthened

What does lengthened mean?

lengthened means "drawn out or made longer spatially".

How many syllables are in lengthened?

lengthened has 2 syllables: leng-thened. The stress falls on "leng". In IPA it is /ˈlɛŋθənd/.

What is another word for lengthened?

Close synonyms include elongated, extended, prolonged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lengthened a common word?

lengthened is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.