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Meaning of 'extended' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Extended [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Extend

Meaning of 'extended' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . extended [ a]
Meaning (1):
- fully extended or stretched forth
Example in sentence:
  • an extended telescope;
  • his extended legs reached almost across the small room;
  • refused to accept the extended hand
2 . extended [ s]
Meaning (2):
- relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
Example in sentence:
  • a drawn-out argument;
  • a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law;
  • a prolonged and bitter struggle;
  • an extended discussion;
  • protracted negotiations
Meaning (3):
- drawn out or made longer spatially
Example in sentence:
  • a prolonged black line across the page;
  • lengthened skirts are fashionable this year;
  • Picasso's elongated Don Quixote;
  • the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
Meaning (4):
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
Example in sentence:
  • an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England;
  • extended farm lands;
  • surgeons with extended experience;
  • they suffered extensive damage
Meaning (5):
- beyond the literal or primary sense
Example in sentence:
  • `hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'

Nearby Words:

extacy extance extancy extant extasy extatic extemporal extemporanean extemporaneous extemporarily

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