| ADJECTIVE | all | extended, drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted | relatively long in duration / duration |
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| all | extended | fully extended or stretched forth | |
| all | extended, elongated, lengthened, prolonged | drawn out or made longer spatially | |
| all | extended | beyond the literal or primary sense | |
| all | extended, extensive | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity |
| Sounds | ihksteh'ndahd; ihksteh'ndihd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | ||
| Meaning | relatively long in duration / duration; tediously protracted. | |
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| Example | "an extended discussion" | |
| Synonyms | drawn-out, lengthy, prolonged, protracted | |
| Broader | long | primarily temporal sense |
| Spanish | prolongado | |
| Catalan | llarg, prolongat | |
| Meaning | fully extended or stretched forth. | |
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| Narrower | outspread, spread | fully extended in width |
| outstretched | fully extended especially in length | |
| sprawly | spread out irregularly | |
| spread-eagle | With arms and legs stretched out and apart | |
| stretched | Extended or spread over a wide area or distance | |
| Opposite | unextended | not extended or stretched out |
| Meaning | Drawn out or made longer spatially. | |
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| Example | "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes" | |
| Synonyms | elongated, lengthened, prolonged | |
| Broader | long | primarily spatial sense |
| Spanish | extendido, prolongado | |
| Catalan | prolongat | |
| Meaning | Beyond the literal or primary sense. | |
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| Example | "'hot off the press' shows an extended sense of 'hot'" | |
| Broader | figurative, nonliteral | (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal |
| Spanish | ampliado | |
| Meaning | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity. | |
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| Synonym | extensive | |
| Broader | large, big | Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
| Spanish | extenso | |
| Catalan | extens | |
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