extended

ex·tend·ed

adj \-ˈsten-dəd\

Definition of EXTENDED

1

: drawn out in length especially of time <an extended visit>

2

a : fully stretched out <an extended battle line> b of a horse's gait : performed with a greatly lengthened stride but without a break — compare collected c : intensive <extended efforts>

3

: having spatial magnitude : being larger than a point <an extended source of light>

4

: extensive 1 <made available extended information — Ruth G. Strickland>

5

: derivative 1, secondary 2a <an extended sense of a word>

6

of a typeface : having a wider face than that of a standard typeface

— ex·tend·ed·ly adverb

— ex·tend·ed·ness noun

Examples of EXTENDED

1. <the word “snake” in its extended sense refers to a contemptible or treacherous person>
2. <an extended portion of the valley is now devoted to the growing of grapes for wine>

First Known Use of EXTENDED

15th century

Related to EXTENDED

Synonyms: figurative, figural, metaphoric (or metaphorical), tropical, tropological

Antonyms: nonfigurative, nonmetaphorical

Related Words: Aesopian (also Aesopic), allegorical, emblematic (also emblematical), symbolic (also symbolical); catachrestic (or catachrestical), sylleptic; euphemistic; nonliteral, veritable

Near Antonyms: literal; nonsymbolic

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Rhymes with EXTENDED

intended, pretended, unfriended