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Meaning of "elongate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ELONGATE

From Late Latin ēlongāre to keep at a distance, from ē- away + Latin longē (adv) far, but also later: to lengthen, as if from ē- + Latin longus (adj) long.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ELONGATE

elongate  [ˈiːlɒŋɡeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELONGATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Elongate is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb elongate in English.

WHAT DOES ELONGATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of elongate in the English dictionary

The first definition of elongate in the dictionary is to make or become longer; stretch. Other definition of elongate is long and narrow; slender. Elongate is also lengthened or tapered.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ELONGATE

PRESENT

Present
I elongate
you elongate
he/she/it elongates
we elongate
you elongate
they elongate
Present continuous
I am elongating
you are elongating
he/she/it is elongating
we are elongating
you are elongating
they are elongating
Present perfect
I have elongated
you have elongated
he/she/it has elongated
we have elongated
you have elongated
they have elongated
Present perfect continuous
I have been elongating
you have been elongating
he/she/it has been elongating
we have been elongating
you have been elongating
they have been elongating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I elongated
you elongated
he/she/it elongated
we elongated
you elongated
they elongated
Past continuous
I was elongating
you were elongating
he/she/it was elongating
we were elongating
you were elongating
they were elongating
Past perfect
I had elongated
you had elongated
he/she/it had elongated
we had elongated
you had elongated
they had elongated
Past perfect continuous
I had been elongating
you had been elongating
he/she/it had been elongating
we had been elongating
you had been elongating
they had been elongating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will elongate
you will elongate
he/she/it will elongate
we will elongate
you will elongate
they will elongate
Future continuous
I will be elongating
you will be elongating
he/she/it will be elongating
we will be elongating
you will be elongating
they will be elongating
Future perfect
I will have elongated
you will have elongated
he/she/it will have elongated
we will have elongated
you will have elongated
they will have elongated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been elongating
you will have been elongating
he/she/it will have been elongating
we will have been elongating
you will have been elongating
they will have been elongating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would elongate
you would elongate
he/she/it would elongate
we would elongate
you would elongate
they would elongate
Conditional continuous
I would be elongating
you would be elongating
he/she/it would be elongating
we would be elongating
you would be elongating
they would be elongating
Conditional perfect
I would have elongate
you would have elongate
he/she/it would have elongate
we would have elongate
you would have elongate
they would have elongate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been elongating
you would have been elongating
he/she/it would have been elongating
we would have been elongating
you would have been elongating
they would have been elongating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you elongate
we let´s elongate
you elongate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to elongate
Past participle
elongated
Present Participle
elongating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELONGATE


billingsgate
ˈbɪlɪŋzˌɡeɪt
circumnavigate
ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
congregate
ˈkɒŋɡrɪˌɡeɪt
conjugate
ˈkɒndʒʊˌɡeɪt
delegate
ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt
derogate
ˈdɛrəˌɡeɪt
gait
ɡeɪt
gate
ɡeɪt
investigate
ɪnˈvɛstɪˌɡeɪt
liftgate
ˈlɪftɡeɪt
Margate
ˈmɑːɡeɪt
mitigate
ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt
navigate
ˈnævɪˌɡeɪt
negate
nɪˈɡeɪt
obligate
ˈɒblɪˌɡeɪt
propagate
ˈprɒpəˌɡeɪt
rugate
ˈruːɡeɪt
tailgate
ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt
Watergate
ˈwɔːtəˌɡeɪt
Wingate
ˈwɪnˌɡeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELONGATE

elocutionary
elocutionist
elocutory
elodea
elogist
Elohim
Elohist
eloign
eloignment
eloin
eloinment
elongated
elongation
elope
elopement
eloper
elops
eloquence
eloquent
eloquently

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELONGATE

agate
aggregate
AND gate
climategate
exclusive OR gate
frigate
Harrogate
in the aggregate
ingate
interrogate
Irangate
legate
moss agate
prolongate
Ramsgate
segregate
starting gate
subrogate
surrogate
variegate

Synonyms and antonyms of elongate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ELONGATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «elongate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of elongate

Translation of «elongate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELONGATE

Find out the translation of elongate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of elongate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «elongate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

拉长
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alargar
570 millions of speakers

English

elongate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बढ़ाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استطال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

удлиненные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alongar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্প্রসারিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

allongé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Memanjangkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verlängern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

細長い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Elongate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dài thêm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீட்டிக்கப்பட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लांब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uzatmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

allungare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podłużne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

подовжені
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alungit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιμηκύνονται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verleng
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

elongate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forlenge
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of elongate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ELONGATE»

The term «elongate» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.689 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ELONGATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about elongate

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «ELONGATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word elongate.
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Virat Kohli
I want to elongate my cricketing career as a consistent player. I have personal goals I would like to achieve someday.
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Jenna Ushkowitz
I definitely have hips, and I'm shorter, so I like to make my legs look longer. I'll wear shorts or pants that elongate my legs. I'm not a tiny, skinny toothpick. I definitely like to show off my waist and my butt.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELONGATE»

Discover the use of elongate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to elongate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and ...
ID Acronym Brief description 52 Mc04 Element with elongate body, more than 40 mm in length, with faceted surface. Macro-globular (= Macro-spherical) Mg Equivalent names V.B.4.b – Spherical to aspherical, with smooth surface, more than ...
Richard H. Madden, 2010
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Microtectonics
6.2 Veins 6.2.1 Crystals in Veins Many dilatation sites such as veins or strain shadows contain parallel oriented elongate crystals (Williams 1972b; Durney and Ramsay 1973; Ramsay 1980b; Machel 1985; Passchier 1982a; Bons 2000).
Cees W. Passchier, Rudolph A. J. Trouw, 2005
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Iron Compounds—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 ...
The cantilever tail can comprise an elongate-stem and a bar at a distal end thereof. The elongate stem can flexible such that the elongate stem flexes upon rotation of the rotatable portion relative to the first end and such that flexing of the  ...
‎2013
4
Advances in Bioengineering Research and Application: 2013 ...
adapted to articulate relative to the proximal end of the elongate shaft. For example, the handle can be coupled to the proximal end of the elongate shaft by a joint, such as a ball and socket joint, a hinge joint, or a flexing joint. The actuator of ...
‎2013
5
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures—Advances in Research ...
The elongate shaft of the device can also optionally be flexible to allow the shaft to be inserted through a tortuous lumen. “In another embodiment, the end effector can be rotatably coupled to the three-bar linkage such that the end effector can ...
‎2013
6
Urinary Tract Infections: New Insights for the Healthcare ...
“The container may comprise a first compartment containing the elongate member and a second compartment containing the fluid containing member. The elongate member may be removable from the first compartment and insertable into the ...
‎2013
7
Thesaurus of Claim Construction
... elements See, array of memory storage elements associating the roles with individual metadata elements contact sensitive elements elongate, resilient probe elements free-standing spring elements means for defining metadata elements for ...
Robert C. Kahrl, Stuart B. Soffer, Stuart Soffer, 2010
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A Review of the NIOSH Roadmap for Research on Asbestos ...
Committee for the Review of the NIOSH Research Roadmap on Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongate Mineral Particles, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council Alan R. Nelson, Catharyn T. Liverman, Elizabeth A. Eide, Eileen Abt. 3.
Alan R. Nelson, Catharyn T. Liverman, Elizabeth A. Eide, 2009
9
Bronchitis: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: ...
on the distal portion of the elongate shaft, the balloon having an uninflated state and an inflated state; a piercing member located at the distal portion of the elongate shaft, the piercing member being extendable and retractable within the  ...
‎2013
10
Advances in Endoscopy Research and Application: 2013 Edition
device may be a bipolar cauterizing instrument; the medical device may further comprise an expandable member secured to a distal portion of the medical device; the expandable member may be secured to the elongate member; the medical ...
‎2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELONGATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term elongate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ogun Youth Council Election Postponed Indefinitely
... that the outgoing state chairman of the NYCN, Mr. Adeniyi Adenekan, who is from Boys Brigade, masterminded the petition by the group to elongate his tenure ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
2
Elongated Transition Acting Against Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK …
Distributors and customers may resist the transition to cloud and elongate it, but they cannot stop the process. Given the low adoption rate of ... «InvestCorrectly, Jul 15»
3
Lauren Goodger continues to display impressive weight loss in …
Helping to elongate her legs, her midweek outfit cut extremely high on the thigh and skimmed over her trim middle in a floaty fashion. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Palestine: Testimonies from MSF patients in Gaza
Second, more surgery to attach a plate to hold the bones together and, lastly, a bone graft to elongate the bone and compensate for bone-loss. «Médecins Sans Frontières International, Jul 15»
5
Male spider genitals have some nerve
Their arachnid genitals have been described as “numb” and as haphazard as an “elongate, elaborately formed fingernail” trying to perform a ... «PBS NewsHour, Jul 15»
6
Skinny jeans vs flares: Which is best?
When it comes to the flare I always choose the high-waisted style for a more flattering cut and so it will elongate my legs. Just like with skinnies I ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
7
Tips for buying plus size clothing online: Look good at any size
... to help draw the eye to your most flattering assets or create optical illusions, for instance wear vertical stripes to help elongate your body. «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
More than 626000 petition signatures delivered to governor seeking …
There are 26 amendments on the House bill, and these amendments could elongate the debate process. The earliest the flag could be taken ... «ColaDaily.com, Jul 15»
9
Ethiopia warns Eritrean Government to restrain from its destabilizing …
According to the Premier, the State in Eritrea has been using its destabilizing actions as an instrument to ease internal instability and elongate ... «Walta Information Center, Jul 15»
10
Nicole Trunfio shows off long lean pins in monochrome playsuit as …
... pattern that just about trimmed her thighs. While she added olive green strappy sandals that helped to elongate her pins even further. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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