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View synonyms for elongate

elongate

[ih-lawng-geyt, ih-long-, ee-lawng-geyt, ee-long-]

verb (used with object)

elongated, elongating 
  1. to draw out to greater length; lengthen; extend.



verb (used without object)

elongated, elongating 
  1. to increase in length.

adjective

  1. extended; lengthened.

  2. long and thin.

elongate

/ ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt /

verb

  1. to make or become longer; stretch

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. long and narrow; slender

    elongate leaves

  2. lengthened or tapered

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • elongative adjective
  • subelongate adjective
  • subelongated adjective
  • unelongated adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of elongate1

1530–40; < Late Latin ēlongātus lengthened out, past participle of ēlongāre to make longer, make distant, remove, equivalent to Latin ē- e- 1 + -longāre, derivative of longus long 1, longē far off
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Word History and Origins

Origin of elongate1

C16: from Late Latin ēlongāre to keep at a distance, from ē- away + Latin longē (adv) far, but also later: to lengthen, as if from ē- + Latin longus (adj) long
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Example Sentences

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Work for her campaign began and as the day elongated and dinner time passed, they ordered pizza, including one with cheese and anchovies.

“I wish that these big organizations were looking into these things differently, because you could elongate careers and elongate lives,” he said.

In his pre-tournament news conference, Djokovic made a frank admission that he does not "enjoy" the elongated format of the Masters tournaments, which have been stretched to two weeks over recent seasons.

From BBC

“And people have observed that when the fault is very smooth, the rupture ... tends to propagate at a velocity” so fast that it results in an “extremely elongated rupture,” Avouac said.

It felt wonderful, as if my spine were elongating, all the stress draining from my back.

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