extend : Idioms & Phrases
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extend oneself
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verb strain to the utmost
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extend to
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verb to extend as far as
touch; reach.
- The sunlight reached the wall
- Can he reach?" "The chair must not touch the wall
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extended care facility
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noun a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness)
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extended family
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noun a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives
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Extended letter
(Typog.) , a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height.
Webster 1913
extended order
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noun a military formation for skirmishing; as widely separated as the tactical situation permits
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extended time scale
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noun (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one
slow time scale.