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# extended

«extended» in Mova's school dictionary: **made longer in time or length: «an extended holiday»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; verb, past form of extend (extend, extends, extended, extending)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Extended means made longer in time or length: «an extended holiday». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#m1)

2) Stretched out to full length: «with arms extended». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#m2)

3) Extended is the past of extend: made bigger, longer or reached out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#m3)

4) An extended family includes grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, not just parents and children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in school (extended writing, extended homework time, extending a line in geometry), family life and everyday life (shop hours extended). Phrases: «extended family», «extended deadline», «extended version». It tells the reader something was made larger or longer than before.

### examples

- The teacher extended the deadline by two days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#x1)
- My extended family meets at Grandma's for big holidays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#x2)
- Extend the line until it meets the other side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#x3)
- She stood with her arms extended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#x4)
- The shop has extended opening hours at weekends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#x5)
- We watched the extended version of the film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#x6)
- The bridge was extended across the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#x7)
- The right arm was extended, as if pointing onward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: extend → extended. Noun: extension. Maths: extending a line segment makes it longer; if a 5 cm line is extended by 3 cm, it becomes 8 cm.

### In the corpora

- [and hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EZR.188/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «extended» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extended/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.