adjective
1. relatively long in duration; tediously protracted (Freq. 4)
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a drawn-out argument
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an extended discussion
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a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
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a prolonged and bitter struggle
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protracted negotiations
• Syn: ↑drawn-out, ↑lengthy, ↑prolonged, ↑protracted
• Similar to: ↑long
2. fully extended or stretched forth (Freq. 1)
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an extended telescope
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his extended legs reached almost across the small room
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refused to accept the extended hand
• Ant: ↑unextended
• Similar to: ↑outspread, ↑spread, ↑outstretched, ↑sprawly, ↑spread-eagle, ↑stretched
3. drawn out or made longer spatially
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Picasso's elongated Don Quixote
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lengthened skirts are fashionable this year
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the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
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a prolonged black line across the page
• Syn: ↑elongated, ↑lengthened, ↑prolonged
• Similar to: ↑long
4. beyond the literal or primary sense
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`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'
• Similar to: ↑figurative, ↑nonliteral
5. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
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an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
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extended farm lands
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surgeons with extended experience
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they suffered extensive damage
• Syn: ↑extensive
Useful english dictionary. 2012.