different between extended vs widespread

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?st?nd?d/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?k?st?nd?d/
• Rhymes: -?nd?d

Verb

extended

1. simple past tense and past participle of extend

Adjective

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

Translations

Derived terms

• 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

Spanish

Verb

extended

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of extender.

English

Alternative forms

• wide-spread

Etymology

From wide +? spread.

Adjective

widespread (comparative widerspread or more widespread, superlative widestspread or most widespread)

1. Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.

   • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.

Synonyms

• extensive, pervasive, prevalent, ubiquitous, universal; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Antonyms

• limited

Derived terms

• widespreadly
• widespreadness

Translations