Meaning & Definition of Extended in English

1. Relatively long in duration

• Tediously protracted

• "A drawn-out argument"

• "An extended discussion"

• "A lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"

• "A prolonged and bitter struggle"

• "Protracted negotiations"

2. Fully extended or stretched forth

• "An extended telescope"

• "His extended legs reached almost across the small room"

• "Refused to accept the extended hand"

3. Drawn out or made longer spatially

• "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"

4. Beyond the literal or primary sense

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

5. Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

• "An extensive roman settlement in northwest england"

• "Extended farm lands"

• "Surgeons with extended experience"

• "They suffered extensive damage"