extended
adjective
ex·tend·ed
ik-ˈsten-dəd 
1
: drawn out in length especially of time
an extended visit
2
3
: having spatial magnitude : being larger than a point
an extended source of light
4
: extensive sense 1
made available extended information—
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: derivative sense 1, secondary sense 2a
an extended sense of a word
6
of a typeface
: having a wider face than that of a standard typeface
extendedly
adverb
extendedness
noun
Examples of extended in a Sentence
the word “snake” in its extended sense refers to a contemptible or treacherous person
an extended portion of the valley is now devoted to the growing of grapes for wine
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Age: 57 | Change: +4% Dion took an extended break from performing her signature power ballads after revealing in 2022 that she’d been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, an incurable autoimmune condition.
—Matt Craig, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Reading for an extended period, however, may negatively impact sleep.6
4.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 3 June 2025
Collins said Amber likely covered about 100 miles during her extended walkies.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
What the show brings to the genre—and what makes each kinetic half-hour of its first season so much fun to watch—is a fierce love of movies that comes through in, for example, an extended homage to Chinatown and such stylistic flexes as a single-shot episode devoted to filming a single-shot scene.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
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Matt Craig, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Reading for an extended period, however, may negatively impact sleep.6
4.
—Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 3 June 2025
Collins said Amber likely covered about 100 miles during her extended walkies.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 3 June 2025
What the show brings to the genre—and what makes each kinetic half-hour of its first season so much fun to watch—is a fierce love of movies that comes through in, for example, an extended homage to Chinatown and such stylistic flexes as a single-shot episode devoted to filming a single-shot scene.
—Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for extended
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“Extended.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extended. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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