EGAVE

prolonged

About 14.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.
  2. verb simple past and past participle of prolong

Similar words

drawn-out lengthy protracted elongated extended chronic long lengthened long-drawn long-drawn-out

Often followed by

and period periods exposure use the by to for

Word family

prolongedly

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