The meaning of EXTENDED is drawn out in length especially of time. How to use extended in a sentence.

They're going on an extended holiday to Australia. There was an extended news bulletin because of the plane crash.

Stretched or pulled out: an extended telescope. 2. Continued for a long period of time; protracted: had an extended vacation in the Alps. 3. Enlarged or broad in meaning, scope, or influence: …

If something happens for an extended period of time, it happens for a long period of time. Any child who receives dedicated teaching over an extended period is likely to improve. 2. See …

EXTENDED definition: stretched out. See examples of extended used in a sentence.

Something that is extended has been fully stretched out or elongated. An extended period of time is an extremely long period of time.

Definition of extended adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

They're going on an extended vacation to Australia. There was an extended news bulletin because of the plane crash.

We've extended a clothesline (= made it reach) between two trees in the yard. He extended his hand as a greeting (= held out his hand for someone to shake it).

Turnbull is the first foreign leader to be extended that invitation. But this figure masks the impact extended hours had on heavy drinkers. They have big extended families who love them and …