extend

[ ik-stend ]

/ ɪkˈstɛnd /

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verb (used with object)

to stretch out; draw out to the full length: He extended the measuring tape as far as it would go.

to stretch, draw, or arrange in a given direction, or so as to reach a particular point, as a cord, wall, or line of troops.

to stretch forth or hold out, as the arm or hand: to extend one's hand in greeting.

to place at full length, especially horizontally, as the body or limbs.

to increase the length or duration of; lengthen; prolong: to extend a visit.

to stretch out in various or all directions; expand; spread out in area: A huge tent was extended over the field.

to enlarge the scope of, or make more comprehensive, as operations, influence, or meaning: The European powers extended their authority in Asia.

to provide as an offer or grant; offer; grant; give: to extend aid to needy scholars.

Finance. to postpone (the payment of a debt) beyond the time originally agreed upon.

to increase the bulk or volume of, especially by adding an inexpensive or plentiful substance.

Bookkeeping. to transfer (figures) from one column to another.

Law.

British. to assess or value.
to make a seizure or levy upon, as land, by a writ of extent.

Manège. to bring (a horse) into an extended attitude.

to exert (oneself) to an unusual degree.

Archaic. to exaggerate.

Obsolete. to take by seizure.

verb (used without object)

to be or become extended; stretch out in length, duration, or in various or all directions.

to reach, as to a particular point.

to increase in length, area, scope, etc.

Manège. (of a horse) to come into an extended attitude.

Origin of extend

1250–1300; Middle English extenden < Latin extendere to stretch out. See ex-¹, tend¹

SYNONYMS FOR extend

5 continue. See lengthen.

6 enlarge; widen, dilate.

8 bestow, impart.

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ANTONYMS FOR extend

1 shorten, contract.

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OTHER WORDS FROM extend

ex·tend·i·ble, ex·tend·a·ble, adjective ex·tend·i·bil·i·ty, ex·tend·a·bil·i·ty, noun non·ex·tend·i·ble, adjective non·ex·tend·i·ble·ness, noun

pre·ex·tend, verb su·per·ex·tend, verb un·ex·tend·a·ble, adjective un·ex·tend·i·ble, adjective

Words nearby extend

extemporal, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, extemporize, extend, extend credit to, extended, extended care, extended complex plane, extended coverage

Example sentences from the Web for extendible

An extendible shaft went from the wheel-fitting to the crank on the tractor.

Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology |John T. Schlebecker

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extend

/ (ɪkˈstɛnd) /

verb

to draw out or be drawn out; stretch

to last for a certain time his schooling extended for three years

(intr) to reach a certain point in time or distance the land extends five miles

(intr) to exist or occur the trees extended throughout the area

(tr) to increase (a building, etc) in size or area; add to or enlarge

(tr) to broaden the meaning or scope of the law was extended

(tr) to put forth, present, or offer to extend greetings

to stretch forth (an arm, etc)

(tr) to lay out (a body) at full length

(tr) to strain or exert (a person or animal) to the maximum

(tr) to prolong (the time originally set) for payment of (a debt or loan), completion of (a task), etc

(tr) accounting

to carry forward
to calculate the amount of (a total, balance, etc)

(tr) law (formerly in England) to value or assess (land)

Derived forms of extend

extendible or extendable, adjective extendibility or extendability, noun

Word Origin for extend

C14: from Latin extendere to stretch out, from tendere to stretch

Medical definitions for extendible

extend

[ ĭk-stĕnd′ ]

v.

To straighten a limb; unbend.

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