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English to English adjective
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fully extended or stretched forth |  | Example: an extended telescope
his extended legs reached almost across the small room
refused to accept the extended hand
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relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | | Example: 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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drawn out or made longer spatially | | Example: 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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beyond the literal or primary sense | | Example: `hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'
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large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity | | Example: an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
extended farm lands
surgeons with extended experience
they suffered extensive damage
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