extended
1. [ adjective ] relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
Synonyms: lengthy prolonged protracted drawn-out
Examples:

"a drawn-out argument" "an extended discussion" "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law" "a prolonged and bitter struggle" "protracted negotiations"

Related terms: long
2. [ adjective ] fully extended or stretched forth
Examples:

"an extended telescope" "his extended legs reached almost across the small room" "refused to accept the extended hand"

Related terms: unextended sprawled stretched outspread rolled_out stretched spread-eagle outstretched
3. [ adjective ] great in range or scope
Synonyms: extensive wide
Examples:

"an extended vocabulary" "surgeons with extended experience" "extensive examples of picture writing" "suffered extensive damage" "a wide selection"

Related terms: considerable
4. [ adjective ] beyond the literal or primary sense
Examples:

"`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"

Related terms: figurative
5. [ adjective ] drawn out or made longer spatially
Synonyms: elongated prolonged lengthened
Examples:

"Picasso's elongated Don Quixote" "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year" "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes" "a prolonged black line across the page"

Related terms: long
6. [ adjective ] large in spatial extent or range
Synonyms: extensive
Examples:

"an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England" "extended farm lands"

Related terms: large
7. [ adjective ] of printers' type; wider than usual for a particular height
Synonyms: expanded
Related terms: condensed
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