Antonyms for elongateelon·gate

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1. elongate

   To protract is to cause to occupy a longer time than is usual, expected, or desirable. We defer a negotiation which we are slow to enter upon; we protract a negotiation which we are slow to conclude; delay may be used of any stage in the proceedings; we may delay a person as well as an action, but defer and protract are not used of persons. Elongate is not used of actions or abstractions, but only of material objects or extension in space; protract is very rarely used of concrete objects or extension in space; we elongate a line, protract a discussion. Protract has usually an unfavorable sense, implying that the matter referred to is already unduly long, or would be so if longer continued; continue is neutral, applying equally to the desirable or the undesirable. Postpone implies a definite intention to resume, as defer also does, though less decidedly; both are often used with some definite limitation of time; as, to postpone till, until, or to a certain day or hour. One may defer, delay, or postpone a matter intelligently and for good reason; he procrastinates through indolence and irresolution. Compare HINDER.

   Antonyms:
   abbreviate, abridge, conclude, contract, curtail, hasten, hurry, limit, reduce, shorten

   Synonyms:
   continue, defer, delay, draw out, extend, lengthen, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, protract

   Preposition:
   To protract a speech by verbosity, through an unreasonable time, to, till, or until a late hour.

Matched Categories

1. • Lengthen

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. linear, elongateadjective

   (of a leaf shape) long and narrow

   Antonyms:
   compound, short

   Synonyms:
   analogue, running(a), elongated, additive, linear, analog, one-dimensional

2. elongate, elongatedverb

   having notably more length than width; being long and slender

   "an elongate tail tapering to a point"; "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"

   Antonyms:
   compound, short

   Synonyms:
   elongated, prolonged, lengthened, linear, extended

3. elongate, stretchverb

   make long or longer by pulling and stretching

   "stretch the fabric"

   Antonyms:
   compound, short

   Synonyms:
   debase, stretch out, extend, stretch, stretch along, adulterate, dilute, load, unfold

How to use elongate in a sentence?

1. Phil Mickelson:

   I'm just making more and more progress just by trying to elongate my focus, i might try to play 36, 45 holes in a day and try to focus on each shot so that when I go out and play 18, it doesn't feel like it's that much.

2. Jared Carmel:

   The volatility will remain for a bit and elongate the timeline for an IPO, but it's also our belief that this won't last forever. The market is just taking a breather.

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