lengthening

Questions about lengthening

What does lengthening mean?

lengthening means "the act of prolonging something".

How many syllables are in lengthening?

lengthening has 3 syllables: leng-the-ning. The stress falls on "leng". In IPA it is /ˈlɛŋθənɪŋ/.

What is another word for lengthening?

Close synonyms include prolongation, protraction, perpetuation. 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 lengthening a common word?

lengthening is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.