verb · neutral
lengthen
/ˈleŋθən/LENGTH·en
Band 5-6speakingtask2
make something longer in time or space
Examples
“They plan to lengthen the school day to include more lessons.”
“The tailor lengthened the sleeves of my coat.”
“Roadworks lengthened the journey by half an hour.”
Band 8 sentence
“To accommodate feedback, the department decided to lengthen the internship from four to six weeks.”
Collocations
- lengthen the school day
- lengthen the sleeves
- lengthen the project timeline
Word family
lengthen vlengthens v (3rd sing)lengthening v -ing / nounlengthened v (past/past participle)
Common mistakes
They will lengthen more the course.→They will lengthen the course.
She lengthened the time of exam.→She lengthened the exam time.
Say it for a higher band
5get longer→6extend→7+lengthen
Synonyms
extend
Easily confused
extend
“The university decided to extend the application deadline by two weeks.”
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In -en
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