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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | considerable | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] beyond the literal or primary sense | |
| Examples: | "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | long | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] large in spatial extent or range | |
| Synonyms: | extensive | |
| Examples: | "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England" "extended farm lands" |
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| Related terms: | large | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] of printers' type; wider than usual for a particular height | |
| Synonyms: | expanded | |
| Related terms: | condensed | |
| Similar spelling: |
extend extend_to extendible extendable extenuate extensive extension extensile extent extensible exceedance extensor |
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