extended

[ ik-sten-did ]
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adjective
  1. stretched out: extended wires.

  2. continued or prolonged: extended efforts.

  1. spread out: extended flags.

  2. widespread or extensive; having extension or spatial magnitude: extended treatment of a subject.

  3. outstretched: extended arms.

  4. Printing. expanded (def. 3).

  5. of or relating to a meaning of a word other than its original or primary meaning: an extended sense.

  6. Manège.

    • (of a moving horse) noting an elongated pose in which the legs reach out from the body, the chin is out from the chest, etc.: Compare collected (def. 3a).

    • (of the gait of a horse) characterized by long, low, usually fast strides.: Compare collected (def. 3b).

Origin of extended

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; extend + -ed2

Other words from extended

  • ex·tend·ed·ly, adverb
  • ex·tend·ed·ness, noun
  • non·ex·tend·ed, adjective
  • un·ex·tend·ed, adjective
  • un·ex·tend·ed·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for extended

extended

/ (ɪkˈstɛndɪd) /


adjective
  1. stretched out in time, space, influence, application, etc

  2. (of a horse's pace) free-moving and with long steps: an extended trot

  1. printing another word for expanded (def. 1)

Derived forms of extended

  • extendedly, adverb
  • extendedness, noun

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