• adjective:   beyond the literal or primary sense

  Example: "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"

• adjective:   fully extended or stretched forth

  Example: "An extended telescope"

• adjective:   great in range or scope

  Example: "An extended vocabulary"

• adjective:   large in spatial extent or range

  Example: "Extended farm lands"

• adjective:   drawn out or made longer spatially

  Example: "The extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"

• adjective:   relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

  Example: "An extended discussion"

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