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Meaning of extended

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  extended
      adj 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" [syn: {drawn-out},
             {extended}, {lengthy}, {prolonged}, {protracted}]
      2: fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope";
         "his extended legs reached almost across the small room";
         "refused to accept the extended hand" [ant: {unextended}]
      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" [syn: {elongated},
         {extended}, {lengthened}, {prolonged}]
      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" [syn: {extensive}, {extended}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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