what does extended mean?
EXTENDED as ADJECTIVE
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- an extended vocabulary
- surgeons with extended experience
- extensive examples of picture writing
- suffered extensive damage
- a wide selection
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- large in spatial extent or range
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- an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
- extended farm lands
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- beyond the literal or primary sense
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- `hot off the press” shows an extended sense of `hot”
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- fully extended or stretched forth
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- an extended telescope
- his extended legs reached almost across the small room
- refused to accept the extended hand
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- drawn out or made longer spatially
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- 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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- relatively long in duration
- tediously protracted
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- 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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