lengthening

synonyms

continualness

continuance

continuation

continuity

crescendoing

crescent

elongation

endurance

expanding

extension

growing

increasing

incremental

intensifying

lingering

maintenance

multiplying

on the increase

perpetuation

perseverance

persistence

procrastination

production

progress

progression

proliferating

prolongation

protraction

pursuance

repetition

run

snowballing

spreading

staying power

straight course

strain

stretch

stretching

stringing out

sustained action

sustenance

swelling

tension

tightening

uninterrupted course

unremittingness

waxing

way

hypernyms

continuance

continuation

rhymes

strengthening