Meaning & use
Prolonging
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Making something last for a longer time than it would otherwise.
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The doctors were only prolonging his suffering with the aggressive treatment.
A mild winter is prolonging the growing season for local farmers.
A note on using this word
Prolonging is built from Latin "pro-" (forward) and "longus" (long), literally meaning to make something long forward in time.
Words with a similar meaning
extendinglengtheningprotracting
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Words with an opposite meaning
shorteningcurtailing
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