Extended and Lasting

Extended

Extended adjective - Expressing one thing in terms normally used for another.

Lasting and extended are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lasting" instead an adjective "Extended".

Lasting

Lasting adjective - Having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish.

Extended and lasting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extended" instead an adjective "Lasting".

Nearby Words: lasted, lastingly

Both words in one sentence

  • Northern Exposure: An extended Dream Sequence (in this case actually a hallucination) — lasting nearly the entire episode — was used to very good effect in "Dinner at Seven-Thirty".
  • Eagleland From 1899 to 1902 (and an extended rebellion lasting to 1913), the Philippine–American War left somewhere between 200,000 and 1,500,000 civilians dead.
    Source: Eagleland
  • Bipolar Disorder Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder in which people have mood swings, but unlike with what is popularly assumed, they go from "normal" to mania to depression with each mood lasting for extended periods of time, commonly weeks or months.
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Lasting and Extended. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extended/lasting
Extended & Lasting. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/extended/lasting>.
Lasting or Extended. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/extended/lasting.
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