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lengthening
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lengthening
Noun
  • ∙ a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens linguistics
Verb
  • ∙ present participle of lengthen
lengthen
Verb
  • ∙ To make longer, to extend the length of. transitive
  • ∙ To become longer. intransitive