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[ adjective ] relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
Synonyms Examples "a drawn-out argument" "an extended discussion" "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law" "a prolonged and bitter struggle" "protracted negotiations" Used in print (Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)Dominant stress is of_course more than extended duration , and normally centers_on syllables that would have primary stress or phrase stress if the words or longer units they are parts of were spoken alone : a dominant stress given to glorify would normally center_on its first syllable rather than its last . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] fully extended or stretched forth
Examples "an extended telescope" "his extended legs reached almost across the small room" "refused to accept the extended hand" Related terms unextended sprawled stretched outspread rolled_out stretched spread-eagle outstretched |
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[ adjective ] great in range or scope
Examples "an extended vocabulary" "surgeons with extended experience" "extensive examples of picture writing" "suffered extensive damage" "a wide selection" Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)The only extended view possible to anyone less tall than the fences was that obtained from an upper bough of the apple_tree . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] beyond the literal or primary sense
Examples "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] drawn out or made longer spatially
Synonyms Examples "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" Related terms |
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