Meanings
adjectiveelongated (comparative more elongated, superlative most elongated)
comparative more elongated · superlative most elongated
- Extensive in length (physical distance, or time).
But his serve instantly came under intense pressure against Alcaraz in an elongated start which included a 12-minute opening game.
2025 June 8, Jonathan Jurejko, “Alcaraz stuns Sinner in extraordinary French Open final”, in BBC - geometryOf a polyhedron, having been modified by placing a prism in the middle of the polyhedron.
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of elongate
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedrawn out or made longer spatially
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan allargat, estirat
- allargatextensive in length
- estiratstretched
Chinese Mandarin 拉長的 /拉长的, 引伸的
- 拉長的 /拉长的 (lācháng de)extensive in length
- 引伸的 (yǐnshēn de)extensive in length
Danish langstrakt
- langstraktextensive in length
Dutch langgerekt, langwerpig
- langgerektextensive in length
- langwerpigstretched
Finnish pitkulainen, pitkänomainen
- pitkulainenextensive in length
- pitkänomainenextensive in length
- pidennettystretched
- venytettystretched
- pitkitettystretched
French élongé
- élongéextensive in length
German verlängert
- verlängertextensive in length
Hungarian meghosszabbított, megnyújtott
- meghosszabbítottextensive in length
- megnyújtottstretched
Indonesian memanjang, memanjang
- memanjangextensive in length
- memanjangstretched
Japanese 細長い
- 細長い (hosonagai)extensive in length
Norwegian Bokmål langstrakt
- langstraktextensive in length
Persian طویل
- طویل (tavil)extensive in length
Portuguese alongado, alongado
- alongadoextensive in length
- alongadostretched
- esticadostretched
Russian вы́тянутый, удлинённый
- вы́тянутый (výtjanutyj)extensive in length
- удлинённый (udlinjónnyj)extensive in length
- продолгова́тый (prodolgovátyj)extensive in length
- вы́тянутый (výtjanutyj)stretched
Cite this entry
APA
elongated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elongated
MLA
“elongated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elongated. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elongated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elongated.
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