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extended

extended

11 4.0
Lasting longer than usual
  • adjective
  • /ɪkˈstɛndɪd/
translation icon : prolongado
  • More recent attention has focused on adolescents and young women who stop menstruating for extended periods.
  • an extended period
  • extended time
  • extended family

You, you, you throw in extended life spans.

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Examples

  • I kinda hate talking on the phone for extended periods of time.

  • Often she would sleep for extended periods, perhaps arising only for meals.

    Academic text (2001)
  • So control for any extended period of time is always bad.

  • No one is supposed to just spend extended periods of time in here.

  • But you can see just how extended this conflict is going to be.

  • With devices available for extended periods of time, students quickly began to explore them.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Engage in the act of reading and writing for extended periods of time.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Nonetheless, he goes on an extended tour through France and Italy.

  • Allowing improvisational skill to develop naturally over an extended period of time can be very beneficial to students.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The meeting felt like it lasted for an extended period of time, dragging on longer than any of us anticipated.

Synonyms

lengthy
vsextended
109 3.5

Lasting a long time and making people bored

is about duration with extra emphasis on being tediously prolonged
prolonged
vsextended
69 3.9

Continuing for a longer time than usual

is about being longer than expected and often annoyingly long
protracted
vsextended
29 6.6

Continuing for a long time, often longer than expected

is long in time but stresses simply lasting longer than expected
sustained
vsextended
22 3.9

Lasting a long time without stopping or getting weaker

stresses long duration often with tedious prolonging rather than stability
drawn-out
vsextended
15 4.6

Lasting longer than needed and feeling tiring

is similar but more neutral about boredom and duration
overlong
vsextended
3 4.2

Longer than needed or wanted

is similar but stresses duration and tedious prolonging more
lengthened
vsextended
2.6

Made longer in time or size

focuses on lasting longer in time rather than being caused to lengthen
continued
vsextended
1.3

Happening without stopping for a period of time

is about being longer than usual rather than merely uninterrupted duration
longer
vsextended
1.0

For more time than something or someone else

means lasting beyond expectation and often feeling tediously prolonged

Antonyms

3 4.2

Shorter than normal in time or length

Compounds

A group of related people including parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins

A long time away from work for personal, medical, or family reasons

1 4.4

A place that gives long-term medical care and help for people recovering

extended order
  • Specialized
8.9

Soldiers spread far apart to avoid enemy fire and move across rough ground

extended time scale
  • Specialized
7.6

A way of showing time in a simulation so events take longer than in real life

How Long

protracted
29 6.6
prolonged
69 3.9
extended
11 4.0
long
1.0
short-term
225 3.3
brief
587 2.0

Surface Forms

extended positive

Morphology

extended = extend (transparent) = extend + ed

The adjective denotes temporal prolongation derived directly from the verb 'extend' (to lengthen in time), a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

The word extended comes from the parts ex- 'out' and tend 'to stretch', the same root behind extension. So an extended meeting or stay is 'stretched out' in time, which is why it lasts longer than usual.