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# lengthened

verb form (past tense and past participle of «lengthen»: lengthen, lengthens, lengthened, lengthening); adjective (lengthened)

«lengthened» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Lengthened means made longer, or became longer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/#m1)
2. Lengthened can describe time: days lengthen in spring, a lesson can be lengthened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons days lengthen in spring and summer as the Earth's tilt points our hemisphere towards the Sun. In everyday life a tailor lengthens trousers, and a school can lengthen its break. In maths a lengthened side changes the perimeter and area. Phrases: «lengthened shadows», «the days lengthened».

### Examples

- Gran lengthened my school skirt because I had grown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/#x1)
- The days lengthened as spring came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/#x2)
- The shadows lengthened in the evening sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/#x3)
- The playtime was lengthened by ten minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/#x4)
- The bridge was lengthened to cross the wider river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/#x5)
- When each side of the square was lengthened by 2 cm, its perimeter grew by 8 cm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/#x6)
- He returned after a lengthened absence, and sat down wearily upon his throne. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/#x7)

### Note

From «length» + «-en» (to make). Spelled «lengthened» with «-ened». Opposite: «shortened». In maths problems: lengthening each side of a square by 2 cm adds 8 cm to the perimeter (4 sides × 2 cm), but the area grows more than you might guess.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lengthened» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lengthened/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lengthened» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lengthened.html) on Mova free.