Word: lengthening
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: leng
the
ning
Definition: The process of growing longer.
Morphemes:
Affix: long
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Having great duration.
Affix: -th
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form nouns from verbs of action.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.