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say it: ik-STEN-duhd
extended is an adjective meaning "relatively long in duration; tediously protracted". It carries 5 recorded senses.
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
“a drawn-out argument”
“an extended discussion”
“a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law”
“a prolonged and bitter struggle”
“protracted negotiations”
fully extended or stretched forth
“an extended telescope”
“his extended legs reached almost across the small room”
“refused to accept the extended hand”
drawn out or made longer spatially
“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”
beyond the literal or primary sense
“`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for extended come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.