2022-03-13 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E - extended & extensive

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2022-03-13

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – E - extended & extensive 

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ความหมาย อาจผันแปร ตาม ตำแหน่ง/หน้าที่ ในประโยค

 

Dictionary.com:

ออกเสียง extended = “ik-STEN-did” 

ออกเสียง extensive = “ik-STEN-siv”

 

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:

extended & extensive

Extended means “stretched-out” 

“prolonged,”

“widespread,”

“outstretched”:

“When the basketball player’s body was fully extended, he was nearly 7 feet tall.”

“The wires were then extended from one post to another.”

“His extended remarks lasted for nearly an hour.”

 

Extensive shares these meaning with extended 

but more specifically means “wide,” 

“of great extent,” 

“broad,” 

“far reaching”:

“His influence is extensive throughout the region.” 

“As he continued to purchase acreage, 

his holdings became more and more extensive.” 

“Although his knowledge of the subject was extensive, 

the speaker’s remarks seemed boring extended.”

 

Collins COBUID English Dictionary: 

extended - extensive

1. 'extended'

You use extended to describe things which last longer than usual.

...extended news bulletins on TV.

If smoked in large doses for an extended period, 

marijuana can be physically addictive.

 

2. 'extensive'

If something is extensive, it covers a large area.

...an extensive Roman settlement in north-west England.

 

An extensive effect is very great.

Many buildings suffered extensive damage in the blast.

Extensive also means 'covering many details'.

We had fairly extensive discussions.