Usually means: Extending far, especially in time.
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  1. protensive: Merriam-Webster
  2. protensive: Collins English Dictionary
  3. protensive: Wordnik
  4. protensive: Wiktionary
  5. protensive: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Protensive, protensive: Dictionary.com
  7. Protensive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. protensive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Protensive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. protensive: FreeDictionary.org
  11. protensive: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Protensive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (protensive)

▸ adjective:  Drawn out; extended.
▸ adjective:  (phenomenology) Anticipating the future; pertaining to protention.

Similar:
drawn out, drawn-out, long-drawn-out, extended, prolonged, overprotracted, long-drawn, protracted, prolongated, lengthy, more...

Opposite:
retentive, conservative, traditional, unchanging

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Similar:
drawn out, drawn-out, long-drawn-out, extended, prolonged, overprotracted, long-drawn, protracted, prolongated, lengthy, more...

Opposite:
retentive, conservative, traditional, unchanging



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