extend
Meaning
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- To increase in extent.
- To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- To cause to increase in extent.
- To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- To straighten (a limb).
- To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- To reenlist for a further period.
Concepts
extend
stretch
spread
expand
stretch out
prolong
lengthen
enlarge
reach
widen
increase
spread out
broaden
unfold
continue
elongate
diffuse
reach out
unroll
develop
strain
protract
run
range
draw out
magnify
offer
grow
dilate
amplify
make longer
augment
cover
open
propagate
put forward
postpone
stretch forth
apply
unfurl
stick out
put out
hold out
spin out
renew
carry
give
prolongate
delay
bulk
dimension
size
aggrandize
spread-eagle
build on
span
add
go on
draw
disseminate
come
lie
outspread
procrastinate
annex
overspread
pervade
go
pass
poke out
drag
pull
straighten out
extension
fill
exaggerate
step up
adulterate
anoint
dilute
grease
smear
distend
drive into
smooth out
include
be disseminated
scope
provide
lengthen out
convey
cause to reach
enlargen
exsert
gallop
lead
thrust
train
show
tauten
prolongation
popularize
connect
splice
enhance
keep up
disperse
scatter
adjust
correct
right
straighten
true
indicate
unbend
add to
project
bestow
raise
swell
layout
lay out
be enlarged
bulge
protrude
swell out
grow long
last long
last until
flatten out
crane
amount to
befall
happen to
reach out for
ride into
gain influence
iron
knock out
roll out
stand in a row
get around
reach to
drag on
be prolonged
be protracted
last
put forth
drag out
broadcast
circulate
recurrence
relapse
encompass
have implications
have meanings
mean
refer
touch on
reek
domain
framework
limit
sphere
be widespread
drawl
prolong syllables
bridge
reinforce
supplement
touch
comprehend
stretch over
reach as far as
spread through
strech out
draw cut
imp
outlie
ramify
produce
make to grow
order
peel
hang
shed
spray
be contaminated
filtrate
trickle
make wider
deepen
be lengthened
support each other
liberalize
incline
tend
trend
verge
contango
postponement
renewal
elongation
lengthening
augmentation
dilatation
dilation
expansion
unpack
extension activities
generalization
popularization
sale promotion
thicken
liana
hand up
get bigger
make bigger
return
multiply
come on
collect
affect
radiate
bear on
carry on
go ahead
go along
hang in
hang on
hold on
keep
keep on
move on
plow ahead
press on
proceed
resume
ride
run on
spin off
stay on
supply
diversify
exhale
flare
generalise
generalize
perfuse
spill over
straggle
circularise
deploy
dispread
distribute
divaricate
effuse
give forth
launch
roll
sow in
spill
splay
white out
align
aline
alter
amend
cut
cut corners
iron out
rectify
true up
unweave
admonish
hand
penalise
present
scold
sort out
strike out
address
aim
allocate
appropriate
betoken
charge
denote
exhibit
keynote
level
manifest
orient
pay
point
point out
prove
read
refute
turn
drag one’s feet
drag one’s heels
hold off
spin
stall
sustain
bear down
overbear
square
uncoil
uncross
uncurl
untwine
afford
bid
by-bid
purvey
render
serve up
suggest
tender
treat
underquote
volunteer
flex
branch out
sprawl
make progress
be situated
appear
spread over
stretched out
direct
flow
jut out
deposit
grant
install
subject
slide
achieve
defer put back
change
redouble
renovate
repeat
replace
restore
update
lay
open out
intensify
decentralize
elastic
invite
rampant
stay
aggrandise
heighten
balloons
upgrade
eke
tense
compass
encircle
have position
spring up
open up
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ex‧tend
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛkˈstɛnd/
Etymology
From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“I stretch out”).
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