extend

Verb

1. (intransitive) To increase in extent.
2. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
3. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
4. (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
5. (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
6. (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
7. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
8. (UK) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
9. Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
10. (US, intransitive) To reenlist for a further period.

Noun

Misspelling of extent.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛkˈstɛnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: extenden

In summary

From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“I stretch out”).

Synonyms

stretch

spread

expand

stretch out

prolong

lengthen

enlarge

reach

widen

increase

spread out

broaden

unfold

continue

elongate

diffuse

reach out

unroll

strain

run

develop

protract

draw out

range

grow

amplify

magnify

make longer

offer

dilate

augment

propagate

open

put forward

cover

postpone

stretch forth

unfurl

give

prolongate

hold out

apply

spin out

renew

carry

size

bulk

dimension

delay

put out

Translations

étendre

extender

erweitern

estendere

ausdehnen

prolonger

ampliare

estirar

élargir

ampliar

vergrößern

estendre

ingrandire

stendere

strecken

Sentences

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