# extended

Pronunciation: say "ek-STEN-did" /ɛkˈstɛndɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of extend. — simple past and past participle of extend
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of extend.
   - _The company extended the contract for another year._
   - _Last spring the city extended the bike path along the river._

## Adjective

2. Continuing for a longer period of time than is usual or expected.
   - Simple: Going on for a long time, longer than usual.
   - _Negotiations dragged on through an extended series of late-night sessions._
   - _Patients recovering from surgery often need an extended stay in the hospital._
3. Covering a large scope or range; broad and far-reaching.
   - Simple: Covering a lot of different things or a wide area.
   - _Her extended family, from second cousins to great-aunts, filled the hall for the wedding._
   - _An extended network of contacts helped her find work quickly._
4. Greater in length than usual; stretched to a longer extent.
   - Simple: Made longer than its normal size.
   - _Engineers designed an extended chassis to seat more passengers._
   - _The pickup came with an extended cab, leaving room for a small rear seat._
5. Stretched or pulled out from a folded or compact state; expanded.
   - Simple: Stretched or pulled out wide.
   - _The extended ladder reached just past the gutter, so he could finally clear out the leaves._
   - _An extended awning shaded the whole patio from the afternoon sun._
6. Wider than usual; in typography, describing characters wider than the standard width.
   - Simple: Wider than the normal shape, like letters made wider in print.
   - _The designer set the banner in an extended typeface for extra emphasis._
   - _Extended letterforms gave the poster a bold, spacious look._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/extended (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).