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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•tend•ed (ik sten′did),USA pronunciation adj. - stretched out:extended wires.
- continued or prolonged:extended efforts.
- spread out:extended flags.
- widespread or extensive;
having extension or spatial magnitude:extended treatment of a subject. - outstretched:extended arms.
- Printingexpanded (def. 3).
- Linguisticsof or pertaining to a meaning of a word other than its original or primary meaning:an extended sense.
- Sport[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. Cf. collected (def. 3a).
- (of the gait of a horse) characterized by long, low, usually fast strides. Cf. collected (def. 3b).
- 1400–50; late Middle English; see extend, -ed2
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