The extended drought forced farmers to adopt more efficient irrigation techniques to conserve scarce water.
延长的干旱迫使农民采用更高效的灌溉技术以节约稀缺的水资源。
- This extended storage reduced the need for daily grocery trips.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
- The mudskipper is a fish that can survive out of water for extended periods.
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- This stored water allows the tree to survive extended droughts that kill many other tree species in the same region.
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Which choice best defines “extended”?
A — Made longer or larger. “extended” means made longer or larger.
Which word means “made longer or larger”?
D — extended. “extended” means made longer or larger.
extended — made longer or larger. In Chinese: 延长的.
extended is pronounced /ɪkˈstɛndɪd/.
The extended drought forced farmers to adopt more efficient irrigation techniques to conserve scarce water. (延长的干旱迫使农民采用更高效的灌溉技术以节约稀缺的水资源。)
prolonged, lengthy, expanded — all close in meaning to extended (made longer or larger).
brief, shortened — each the opposite of extended (made longer or larger).
Yes. extended is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.