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Extend

//ɛkˈstɛnd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of extent. alt-of, misspelling
Verb
  1. 1
    To increase in extent. intransitive
  2. 2
    extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body wordnet
  3. 3
    To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space. intransitive

    "The desert extended for miles in all directions."

  4. 4
    thrust or extend out wordnet
  5. 5
    To cause to increase in extent. transitive
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  1. 6
    increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance wordnet
  2. 7
    To cause to last for a longer period of time. transitive
  3. 8
    continue or extend wordnet
  4. 9
    To straighten (a limb). transitive
  5. 10
    lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer wordnet
  6. 11
    To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply. transitive

    "to extend sympathy to the suffering"

  7. 12
    prolong the time allowed for payment of wordnet
  8. 13
    To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.

    "There's little stew left, but we can always extend it by adding more potatoes."

  9. 14
    extend in scope or range or area wordnet
  10. 15
    To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. UK
  11. 16
    expand the influence of wordnet
  12. 17
    Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.

    "The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal."

  13. 18
    use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity wordnet
  14. 19
    To reenlist for a further period. US, intransitive

    "Two years later, back to amtracs, this time at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and I liked it so much I extended."

  15. 20
    open or straighten out; unbend wordnet
  16. 21
    cause to move at full gallop wordnet
  17. 22
    extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length wordnet
  18. 23
    offer verbally wordnet
  19. 24
    make available; provide wordnet
  20. 25
    stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point wordnet
  21. 26
    span an interval of distance, space or time wordnet
  22. 27
    reach outward in space wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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