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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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Let's elongate our meeting for ten more minutes.

Let's elongate our meeting for ten more minutes.

Hi,

Does the above sound right to you? If yes, could I use "lengthen/extend/stretch/prolong" to replace "elongate" without making a change in meaning? Thanks.
  

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Angliholic Let's elongate our meeting for ten more minutes. Hi, Does the above sound right to you? If yes, could I use "lengthen/extend/stretch/prolong" to replace "elongate" without making a change in meaning?

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  • Angliholic Let's elongate our meeting for ten more minutes.
  • Hi, Does the above sound right to you?
  • If yes, could I use "lengthen/extend/stretch/prolong" to replace "elongate" without making a change in meaning?
  • Thanks.
  • Let's prolong our meeting for ten more minutes.
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AngliholicLet's elongate our meeting for ten more minutes.

Hi,

Does the above sound right to you? If yes, could I use "lengthen/extend/stretch/prolong" to replace "elongate" without making a change in meaning? Thanks.
Let's prolong our meeting for ten more minutes. (I think 'elongate' is not the appropriate word. The other words
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I took the liberty of changing the title from ... one more minutes to ... ten more minutes.

prolong and extend are OK for time (but not elongate). stretch might work, but it's somewhat unusual.

extend, elongate, and stretch (but not prolong) are OK for the physical length of an object.

CJ
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CalifJimI took the liberty of changing the title from ... one more minutes to ... ten more minutes.

prolong and extend are OK for time (but not elongate). stretch might work, but it's somewhat unusual.

extend, elongate, and stretch (but not prolong) are OK for the physical len
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CalifJimI took the liberty of changing the title from ... one more minutes to ... ten more minutes.

prolong and extend are OK for time (but not elongate). stretch might work, but it's somewhat unusual.

extend, elongate, and stretch (but not prolong) are OK for the physical len
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You can extend the meeting for ten more minutes or extend it to 40 minutes.
prolong isn't used as much in this context, but you might prolong the meeting for ten more minutes. I don't think I would say prolong to 40 minutes in this case.

elongate is not normally used in the context you've given. What you need here is something like these.
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CalifJimYou can extend the meeting for ten more minutes or extend it to 40 minutes.
prolong isn't used as much in this context, but you might prolong the meeting for ten more minutes. I don't think I would say prolong to 40 minutes in this case.

elongate is not normally used in the context you've given. What you nee
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Have you tried Google?

CJ
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Angliholic
CalifJimYou can extend the meeting for ten more minutes or extend it to 40 minutes.
prolong isn't used as much in this context, but you might prolong the meeting for ten more minutes. I don't think I would say prolong to 40 minutes in this case.

CJ

But I can't fi
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That hairstyle really elongates her face. What a mistake---it makes her look like a horse.
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Hi Angliholic

I think you ought to become familiar with the BNC: http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
It's a very good resource for samples of usage.
Here are the results for elongate.
In the search results above, you will also find examples of the rather specialized use of elongate (

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