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- pronunciation:
- ih
lawng
geIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
elongates, elongating, elongated |
| definition: |
to make longer; lengthen.
Stretching elongates the muscles.- synonyms:
- extend, lengthen
- antonyms:
- abbreviate, shorten
- similar words:
- enlarge, increase, stretch
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| related words: |
aggrandize, amplify, prolong, strain |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to grow longer; extend.
- synonyms:
- lengthen
- antonyms:
- shorten
- similar words:
- enlarge, extend, increase, stretch
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adverb + (v.)elongate
permanently, slightly, visually
(v.)elongate
+ noun
artist,
body,
bud,
canine,
ceiling,
cell,
chain,
chest,
distortion,
face,
figure,
finger,
foot,
head,
hole,
image,
leg,
lifespan,
limb,
mouth,
muscle,
neck,
nose,
oval,
period,
shade,
shape,
size,
slimmer,
slug,
spike,
spine,
stem,
syllable,
thigh,
torso,
vowel,
waist,
word
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
drawn out or extended; elongated.
- synonyms:
- extended, lengthened
- antonyms:
- abbreviated, shortened
- similar words:
- narrow, slender, slim, stretched, thin
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| related words: |
long |
| derivation: |
elongative (adj.) |
The word elongate
contains the following parts:
e-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away
  More about this word part:
The prefix e-
is an assimilated form of ex- used before roots beginning with certain consonants (b d, g, j, l, m, n, r, v). See ex-.
Example words:
ebullient, edentulous, edict, educate, educe, egregious, egress, ejaculate, eject, elaborate, elate, elect, elicit, elide, eligible, elite, elocution, elongate, eloquence, eloquent, elucidate, elude, emaciate, emancipate, emasculate, emend, emerge, emergency, emigrate, eminent, emissary, emit, emollient, emolument, emulsion, enervate, enormity, enormous, enumerate, enunciate, eradicate, erase, erode, eruct, erudite, erupt, evacuate, evade, evaluate, evanesce, event, eventuate, evert, evict, evident, evocative, evoke, evolution, evolve, ineluctable, ineradicable
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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