extended
/ɛkˈstɛndɪd/
Dictionary
verb
- To increase in extent.
- To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
"The desert extended for miles in all directions."
- To cause to increase in extent.
- To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- To straighten (a limb).
- To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
"to extend credit to a valued customer"
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
"The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal."
- To reenlist for a further period.
adjective
- Longer in length or extension; elongated.
- Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
- Lasting longer; protracted.
- Having a large scope or range; extensive.
- (of a typeface) Wider than usual.
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