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Meaning lengthen meaning
What does lengthen mean?
Definitions in simple English
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lengthen
Synonyms lengthen synonyms
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Topics lengthen topics
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Conjugation lengthen conjugation
How do you conjugate lengthen?
lengthen · verb
Present I lengthen
Positive I lengthen
Singular
1st person I lengthen
2nd person you lengthen
3rd person he/she/it lengthens
Plural
1st person we lengthen
2nd person you lengthen
3rd person they lengthen
Negative I don't lengthen
Singular
1st person I don't lengthen I do not lengthen
2nd person you don't lengthen you do not lengthen
3rd person he/she/it doesn't lengthen he/she/it does not lengthen
Plural
1st person we don't lengthen we do not lengthen
2nd person you don't lengthen you do not lengthen
3rd person they don't lengthen they do not lengthen
Question do I lengthen?
Singular
1st person do I lengthen?
2nd person do you lengthen?
3rd person does he/she/it lengthen?
Plural
1st person do we lengthen?
2nd person do you lengthen?
3rd person do they lengthen?
Negative question don't I lengthen?
Singular
1st person don't I lengthen? do I not lengthen?
2nd person don't you lengthen? do you not lengthen?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it lengthen? does he/she/it not lengthen?
Plural
1st person don't we lengthen? do we not lengthen?
2nd person don't you lengthen? do you not lengthen?
3rd person don't they lengthen? do they not lengthen?
Past I lengthened
Positive I lengthened
Singular
1st person I lengthened
2nd person you lengthened
3rd person he/she/it lengthened
Plural
1st person we lengthened
2nd person you lengthened
3rd person they lengthened
Negative I didn't lengthen
Singular
1st person I didn't lengthen I did not lengthen
2nd person you didn't lengthen you did not lengthen
3rd person he/she/it didn't lengthen he/she/it did not lengthen
Plural
1st person we didn't lengthen we did not lengthen
2nd person you didn't lengthen you did not lengthen
3rd person they didn't lengthen they did not lengthen
Question did I lengthen?
Singular
1st person did I lengthen?
2nd person did you lengthen?
3rd person did he/she/it lengthen?
Plural
1st person did we lengthen?
2nd person did you lengthen?
3rd person did they lengthen?
Negative question didn't I lengthen?
Singular
1st person didn't I lengthen? did I not lengthen?
2nd person didn't you lengthen? did you not lengthen?
3rd person didn't he/she/it lengthen? did he/she/it not lengthen?
Plural
1st person didn't we lengthen? did we not lengthen?
2nd person didn't you lengthen? did you not lengthen?
3rd person didn't they lengthen? did they not lengthen?
Future I'll lengthen
Positive I'll lengthen
Singular
1st person I'll lengthen I will lengthen
2nd person you'll lengthen you will lengthen
3rd person he/she/it'll lengthen he/she/it will lengthen
Plural
1st person we'll lengthen we will lengthen
2nd person you'll lengthen you will lengthen
3rd person they'll lengthen they will lengthen
Negative I won't lengthen
Singular
1st person I won't lengthen I will not lengthen
2nd person you won't lengthen you will not lengthen
3rd person he/she/it won't lengthen he/she/it will not lengthen
Plural
1st person we won't lengthen we will not lengthen
2nd person you won't lengthen you will not lengthen
3rd person they won't lengthen they will not lengthen
Question will I lengthen?
Singular
1st person will I lengthen?
2nd person will you lengthen?
3rd person will he/she/it lengthen?
Plural
1st person will we lengthen?
2nd person will you lengthen?
3rd person will they lengthen?
Negative question won't I lengthen?
Singular
1st person won't I lengthen? will I not lengthen?
2nd person won't you lengthen? will you not lengthen?
3rd person won't he/she/it lengthen? will he/she/it not lengthen?
Plural
1st person won't we lengthen? will we not lengthen?
2nd person won't you lengthen? will you not lengthen?
3rd person won't they lengthen? will they not lengthen?
Conditional I'd lengthen
Positive I'd lengthen
Singular
1st person I'd lengthen I would lengthen
2nd person you'd lengthen you would lengthen
3rd person he/she/it'd lengthen he/she/it would lengthen
Plural
1st person we'd lengthen we would lengthen
2nd person you'd lengthen you would lengthen
3rd person they'd lengthen they would lengthen
Negative I wouldn't lengthen
Singular
1st person I wouldn't lengthen I would not lengthen
2nd person you wouldn't lengthen you would not lengthen
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't lengthen he/she/it would not lengthen
Plural
1st person we wouldn't lengthen we would not lengthen
2nd person you wouldn't lengthen you would not lengthen
3rd person they wouldn't lengthen they would not lengthen
Question would I lengthen?
Singular
1st person would I lengthen?
2nd person would you lengthen?
3rd person would he/she/it lengthen?
Plural
1st person would we lengthen?
2nd person would you lengthen?
3rd person would they lengthen?
Negative question wouldn't I lengthen?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I lengthen? would I not lengthen?
2nd person wouldn't you lengthen? would you not lengthen?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it lengthen? would he/she/it not lengthen?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we lengthen? would we not lengthen?
2nd person wouldn't you lengthen? would you not lengthen?
3rd person wouldn't they lengthen? would they not lengthen?
Present continuous I'm lengthening
Positive I'm lengthening
Singular
1st person I'm lengthening I am lengthening
2nd person you're lengthening you are lengthening
3rd person he/she/it's lengthening he/she/it is lengthening
Plural
1st person we're lengthening we are lengthening
2nd person you're lengthening you are lengthening
3rd person they're lengthening they are lengthening
Negative I'm not lengthening
Singular
1st person I'm not lengthening I am not lengthening
2nd person you aren't lengthening you're not lengthening you are not lengthening
3rd person he/she/it isn't lengthening he/she/it's not lengthening he/she/it is not lengthening
Plural
1st person we aren't lengthening we're not lengthening we are not lengthening
2nd person you aren't lengthening you're not lengthening you are not lengthening
3rd person they aren't lengthening they're not lengthening they are not lengthening
Question am I lengthening?
Singular
1st person am I lengthening?
2nd person are you lengthening?
3rd person is he/she/it lengthening?
Plural
1st person are we lengthening?
2nd person are you lengthening?
3rd person are they lengthening?
Negative question aren't I lengthening?
Singular
1st person aren't I lengthening? am I not lengthening?
2nd person aren't you lengthening? are you not lengthening?
3rd person isn't he/she/it lengthening? is he/she/it not lengthening?
Plural
1st person aren't we lengthening? are we not lengthening?
2nd person aren't you lengthening? are you not lengthening?
3rd person aren't they lengthening? are they not lengthening?
Past continuous I was lengthening
Positive I was lengthening
Singular
1st person I was lengthening
2nd person you were lengthening
3rd person he/she/it was lengthening
Plural
1st person we were lengthening
2nd person you were lengthening
3rd person they were lengthening
Negative I wasn't lengthening
Singular
1st person I wasn't lengthening I was not lengthening
2nd person you weren't lengthening you were not lengthening
3rd person he/she/it wasn't lengthening he/she/it was not lengthening
Plural
1st person we weren't lengthening we were not lengthening
2nd person you weren't lengthening you were not lengthening
3rd person they weren't lengthening they were not lengthening
Question was I lengthening?
Singular
1st person was I lengthening?
2nd person were you lengthening?
3rd person was he/she/it lengthening?
Plural
1st person were we lengthening?
2nd person were you lengthening?
3rd person were they lengthening?
Negative question wasn't I lengthening?
Singular
1st person wasn't I lengthening? was I not lengthening?
2nd person weren't you lengthening? were you not lengthening?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it lengthening? was he/she/it not lengthening?
Plural
1st person weren't we lengthening? were we not lengthening?
2nd person weren't you lengthening? were you not lengthening?
3rd person weren't they lengthening? were they not lengthening?
Future continuous I'll be lengthening
Positive I'll be lengthening
Singular
1st person I'll be lengthening I will be lengthening
2nd person you'll be lengthening you will be lengthening
3rd person he/she/it'll be lengthening he/she/it will be lengthening
Plural
1st person we'll be lengthening we will be lengthening
2nd person you'll be lengthening you will be lengthening
3rd person they'll be lengthening they will be lengthening
Negative I won't be lengthening
Singular
1st person I won't be lengthening I will not be lengthening
2nd person you won't be lengthening you will not be lengthening
3rd person he/she/it won't be lengthening he/she/it will not be lengthening
Plural
1st person we won't be lengthening we will not be lengthening
2nd person you won't be lengthening you will not be lengthening
3rd person they won't be lengthening they will not be lengthening
Question will I be lengthening?
Singular
1st person will I be lengthening?
2nd person will you be lengthening?
3rd person will he/she/it be lengthening?
Plural
1st person will we be lengthening?
2nd person will you be lengthening?
3rd person will they be lengthening?
Negative question won't I be lengthening?
Singular
1st person won't I be lengthening? will I not be lengthening?
2nd person won't you be lengthening? will you not be lengthening?
3rd person won't he/she/it be lengthening? will he/she/it not be lengthening?
Plural
1st person won't we be lengthening? will we not be lengthening?
2nd person won't you be lengthening? will you not be lengthening?
3rd person won't they be lengthening? will they not be lengthening?
Conditional continuous I'd be lengthening
Positive I'd be lengthening
Singular
1st person I'd be lengthening I would be lengthening
2nd person you'd be lengthening you would be lengthening
3rd person he/she/it'd be lengthening he/she/it would be lengthening
Plural
1st person we'd be lengthening we would be lengthening
2nd person you'd be lengthening you would be lengthening
3rd person they'd be lengthening they would be lengthening
Negative I wouldn't be lengthening
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be lengthening I would not be lengthening
2nd person you wouldn't be lengthening you would not be lengthening
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be lengthening he/she/it would not be lengthening
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be lengthening we would not be lengthening
2nd person you wouldn't be lengthening you would not be lengthening
3rd person they wouldn't be lengthening they would not be lengthening
Question would I be lengthening?
Singular
1st person would I be lengthening?
2nd person would you be lengthening?
3rd person would he/she/it be lengthening?
Plural
1st person would we be lengthening?
2nd person would you be lengthening?
3rd person would they be lengthening?
Negative question wouldn't I be lengthening?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be lengthening? would I not be lengthening?
2nd person wouldn't you be lengthening? would you not be lengthening?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be lengthening? would he/she/it not be lengthening?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be lengthening? would we not be lengthening?
2nd person wouldn't you be lengthening? would you not be lengthening?
3rd person wouldn't they be lengthening? would they not be lengthening?
Present perfect I've lengthened
Positive I've lengthened
Singular
1st person I've lengthened I have lengthened
2nd person you've lengthened you have lengthened
3rd person he/she/it's lengthened he/she/it has lengthened
Plural
1st person we've lengthened we have lengthened
2nd person you've lengthened you have lengthened
3rd person they've lengthened they have lengthened
Negative I haven't lengthened
Singular
1st person I haven't lengthened I have not lengthened
2nd person you haven't lengthened you have not lengthened
3rd person he/she/it hasn't lengthened he/she/it has not lengthened
Plural
1st person we haven't lengthened we have not lengthened
2nd person you haven't lengthened you have not lengthened
3rd person they haven't lengthened they have not lengthened
Question have I lengthened?
Singular
1st person have I lengthened?
2nd person have you lengthened?
3rd person has he/she/it lengthened?
Plural
1st person have we lengthened?
2nd person have you lengthened?
3rd person have they lengthened?
Negative question haven't I lengthened?
Singular
1st person haven't I lengthened? have I not lengthened?
2nd person haven't you lengthened? have you not lengthened?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it lengthened? has he/she/it not lengthened?
Plural
1st person haven't we lengthened? have we not lengthened?
2nd person haven't you lengthened? have you not lengthened?
3rd person haven't they lengthened? have they not lengthened?
Past perfect I had lengthened
Positive I had lengthened
Singular
1st person I had lengthened
2nd person you had lengthened
3rd person he/she/it had lengthened
Plural
1st person we had lengthened
2nd person you had lengthened
3rd person they had lengthened
Negative I hadn't lengthened
Singular
1st person I hadn't lengthened I had not lengthened
2nd person you hadn't lengthened you had not lengthened
3rd person he/she/it hadn't lengthened he/she/it had not lengthened
Plural
1st person we hadn't lengthened we had not lengthened
2nd person you hadn't lengthened you had not lengthened
3rd person they hadn't lengthened they had not lengthened
Question had I lengthened?
Singular
1st person had I lengthened?
2nd person had you lengthened?
3rd person had he/she/it lengthened?
Plural
1st person had we lengthened?
2nd person had you lengthened?
3rd person had they lengthened?
Negative question hadn't I lengthened?
Singular
1st person hadn't I lengthened? had I not lengthened?
2nd person hadn't you lengthened? had you not lengthened?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it lengthened? had he/she/it not lengthened?
Plural
1st person hadn't we lengthened? had we not lengthened?
2nd person hadn't you lengthened? had you not lengthened?
3rd person hadn't they lengthened? had they not lengthened?
Future perfect I'll have lengthened
Positive I'll have lengthened
Singular
1st person I'll have lengthened I will have lengthened
2nd person you'll have lengthened you will have lengthened
3rd person he/she/it'll have lengthened he/she/it will have lengthened
Plural
1st person we'll have lengthened we will have lengthened
2nd person you'll have lengthened you will have lengthened
3rd person they'll have lengthened they will have lengthened
Negative I won't have lengthened
Singular
1st person I won't have lengthened I will not have lengthened
2nd person you won't have lengthened you will not have lengthened
3rd person he/she/it won't have lengthened he/she/it will not have lengthened
Plural
1st person we won't have lengthened we will not have lengthened
2nd person you won't have lengthened you will not have lengthened
3rd person they won't have lengthened they will not have lengthened
Question +'ll I have lengthened?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have lengthened? will I have lengthened?
2nd person +'ll you have lengthened? will you have lengthened?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have lengthened? will he/she/it have lengthened?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have lengthened? will we have lengthened?
2nd person +'ll you have lengthened? will you have lengthened?
3rd person +'ll they have lengthened? will they have lengthened?
Negative question won't I have lengthened?
Singular
1st person won't I have lengthened? will I not have lengthened?
2nd person won't you have lengthened? will you not have lengthened?
3rd person won't he/she/it have lengthened? will he/she/it not have lengthened?
Plural
1st person won't we have lengthened? will we not have lengthened?
2nd person won't you have lengthened? will you not have lengthened?
3rd person won't they have lengthened? will they not have lengthened?
Conditional perfect I'd have lengthened
Positive I'd have lengthened
Singular
1st person I'd have lengthened I would have lengthened
2nd person you'd have lengthened you would have lengthened
3rd person he/she/it'd have lengthened he/she/it would have lengthened
Plural
1st person we'd have lengthened we would have lengthened
2nd person you'd have lengthened you would have lengthened
3rd person they'd have lengthened they would have lengthened
Negative I wouldn't have lengthened
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have lengthened I would not have lengthened
2nd person you wouldn't have lengthened you would not have lengthened
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have lengthened he/she/it would not have lengthened
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have lengthened we would not have lengthened
2nd person you wouldn't have lengthened you would not have lengthened
3rd person they wouldn't have lengthened they would not have lengthened
Question would I have lengthened?
Singular
1st person would I have lengthened?
2nd person would you have lengthened?
3rd person would he/she/it have lengthened?
Plural
1st person would we have lengthened?
2nd person would you have lengthened?
3rd person would they have lengthened?
Negative question wouldn't I have lengthened?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have lengthened? would I not have lengthened?
2nd person wouldn't you have lengthened? would you not have lengthened?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have lengthened? would he/she/it not have lengthened?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have lengthened? would we not have lengthened?
2nd person wouldn't you have lengthened? would you not have lengthened?
3rd person wouldn't they have lengthened? would they not have lengthened?
Imperative lengthen!
Positive
you lengthen!
we let's lengthen!
Negative
you don't lengthen!
we let's not lengthen!
Examples lengthen examples
How do I use lengthen in a sentence?
Simple sentences
The coat is a bit too short. Can you lengthen it?
Movie subtitles
Just lengthen the odds a bit, like 110 to 1.
Guaranteed to lighten the load and lengthen the life of that partner in the home, th-th-the housewife.
It's getting late, the shades of the afternoon begin to lengthen and like a cage full of birds, our life is full of moan.
But lengthen lives? Poppycock. I can do more for you if you just eat right and exercise regularly.
Well, lengthen it, then.
Oh Lord, support us all the day long of this troublest life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the fever of life is over and Thy work is done.
It's easier to shorten the man than to lengthen the box.
Slowly lengthen, lift that right leg up and hold it.
The shadows lengthen and we have a long and arduous journey ahead of us.
Each piece of fresh information Just seems to lengthen the journey.
The shadows begin to lengthen, do they?
Class, eh! You've had to lengthen a max of wheat on this one.
The days lengthen, grasses reemerge and along stream bottoms the promise of the future is renewed.
O Lord, support us all the day long. until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes. and the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over. and our work is done.
But lengthen lives? Poppycock.
It's easier to shorten the man than it is to lengthen the box.
How would you feel if someone decided to extend your nose, remove your ears, lengthen your neck and paint your body candy-apple red?
O Lord, support us all the day long until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes and the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over and our work is done.
Lengthen the crew's mission.
They shorten their supply lines and lengthen ours.
Our poetry will be shadows that lengthen and conceal.
Lengthen and settle.
Lengthen the sleeve.
Lift and lengthen that foot.
Told you. I lengthen the injector pulse a millisecond.
I'd lengthen it a couple of centimeters, but the rest seems perfect.
But lengthen lives?
So you want me to lengthen this and shorten that?
OLord,supportusallthedaylong. until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes. and the busy world is hushed and the fever of life is over and our work is done.
Lift, and lengthen that foot.
I lengthen the injector pulse a millisecond.
Indian Runner has a 20:1 in odds of lengthen.
Well, when your legs lengthen. I calculate you will be among the great cloud haulers of the world.
Beauty and talent like yours should lengthen my power for another ten years.
There's a procedure where we'd connect an expansion rod on the outside of your face and turn it periodically to lengthen your jaw.
I'm happy we're doing this. I'd much rather do this than lengthen some guy's tendon.
News and current affairs
A recent study showed that a positive attitude did not lengthen the lives of lung cancer patients.
The net result is that the accord should lengthen the period it would take Iran to produce one or more nuclear weapons from several months to as much as a year, making it more likely that such an effort would be discovered in time.
The purpose of the European fiscal framework is to lengthen the time horizon of policy and to make decision-makers more aware of the debt-sustainability challenges that they face.
They can lengthen their debt maturities by imposing controls on capital inflows, as Chile and Colombia have done.
Of course, several recent Latin American presidents succeeded in changing their countries' constitutions to lengthen their terms in office.