Extended

How to spell extended

8 letters · 3 syllables

How to pronounce extended

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does extended mean?

1. adjectiveMade longer, larger, or more far-reaching than the usual or original amount.
2. verbStretched out, lengthened, or offered something, as the past tense of extend.

Extended in a sentence

• adjective

  The dealer offered an extended warranty on the new car.

• verb

  The manager extended the deadline by two weeks.

• adjective

  Her extended family includes cousins, aunts, and grandparents.

• verb

  She extended her hand to greet the visiting client.

Where does extended come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word traces back to the Latin verb extendere, which combined ex-, meaning 'out', with tendere, meaning 'to stretch' or 'to strain'. The literal sense was therefore 'to stretch out', whether stretching a physical thing or stretching out a span of time. English took it up through Old French in the 1300s, and the same tendere root quietly sits inside a whole family of relatives such as 'tension', 'tendon', 'intend', and 'tent', all of which involve something being stretched or strained. The form 'extended' is simply 'extend' with the regular -ed ending, used either as the past tense or as an adjective describing something made longer or wider. Because the root is tend and not 'tent', the spelling keeps that clean d before the suffix, which is the only thing worth watching when writing it.

How the word is built

• ex- (out)
• tend (from Latin tendere: to stretch)
• -ed (past/adjective suffix)