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Meaning of Lengthening | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˈlɛŋ(k)θənɪŋ

Definitions

  1. The process of making or growing longer.
  2. a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens

Equivalents

العربية التطويل جر
Čeština prodloužení prodlužování
Deutsch Dehnung Längung Verlängerung
Suomi jatko paisuttelu pidennys pidentymä pidentyminen
Français allongement
Galego alongamento
עברית הארכה
हिन्दी वृद्धि
Bahasa Indonesia prolongasi
日本語 延長 拡大
Українська подовження

Examples

“This enabled an additional 15-20 containers to be carried per train, giving a 20% productivity gain, and was partly enabled by Network Rail completing the lengthening of loops on the route northwards from Southampton via Banbury.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Lengthens lengther Lengthier Lengthily Lengthiness lengthlessness

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