extended
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3.5
- adjective
- /ɪkˈstɛndɪd/
:
extendido
- Sit with your legs extended out straight in front of you.
- extended family
- extended period
- extended time
Sit with your legs extended out straight in front of you.
- Sit with your legs extended out straight in front of you.
- I jogged behind on my tip toes, holding the flag on my extended arm so that my head was actually under the damned flag.
- One is, again, have the extended hand in a fist.
- In gymnastic, it might be the shoulder girdle or whatever, neutral extended arch, spine.
Examples
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Please lay the blanket out with its corners fully extended to cover the entire table.
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Can the player easily adopt a comfortable position when playing your game for extended periods of time?
Blog text (23) -
And that will be extended all the way to where I want the collar to end.
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I am from Michigan, and much of my extended family still lives there.
Blog text (16) -
In the meantime, his extended family became involved in the DIAN project.
Blog text (2) -
Traditionally, then, the Chippewa created a system in which individuals lived in extended families or bands of families.
Academic text (1997) -
Extended families and their expectations continue to influence young people's selection of a spouse.
Academic text (2010) -
Youngs and several members of his extended family retreated to his house for private religious meetings.
Academic text (2005) -
The hiking trail became more challenging as we reached the extended portion with a steep incline.
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He took a deep breath and extended his arms wide to embrace his friends.
Synonyms
18
3.7
Held out as far as possible, like arms or wings
9
4.5
Long and thin in shape, longer than it is wide
7
5.8
Able to get larger and take up more space
1
5.5
Stretched wide over a large area
Made longer in time or size
Spread out far across a large area
Held up toward the sky, like arms or branches
Larger in size or number
Antonyms
Compounds
48
2.7
A group of related people including parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins
- Specialized
1
4.4
A place that gives long-term medical care and help for people recovering
- Specialized
Soldiers spread far apart to avoid enemy fire and move across rough ground
- Specialized
A way of showing time in a simulation so events take longer than in real life
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Morphology
Etymology
The word extended comes from the parts ex- 'out' and tend 'to stretch', the same idea you see in extension. So an extended arm is literally 'stretched out', and we use it for anything made longer or reaching outward.