extended

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈstɛndɪd/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ɛkˈstɛndəd/

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• Rhymes: -ɛndɪd

extended

1. simple past and past participle of extend

extended (comparative more extended, superlative most extended)

1. Longer in length or extension; elongated.
2. Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
3. Lasting longer; protracted.
   • 2022 January 26, “News in pictures: Last trains to Scottish nuclear power plant”, in RAIL, number 949, page 30:

     After 46 years of service, Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire closed on January 7. The facility had been life-extended on several occasions, before the decision to close came after cracks were found in the core.

4. Having a large scope or range; extensive.
5. (typography, of a typeface) Wider than usual.

• extended ASCII
• extended basic block
• extended family
• extended Latin
• extended memory
• extended metaphor
• extended order drill
• extended phenotype
• extended play
• extended shinjitai
• extended static checking
• extended vocabulary
• life-extended
• spatially extended

extended

1. second-person plural imperative of extender