extend

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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.

noun

/ɛkˈstɛnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-extend.wav

extend extends extending extended

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

enlarge expand increase lengthen stretch widen run inherit

extendible extensible extension extensive extent

coextend extendability extendable extend a hand extender extend one's hand hyperextend misextend overextend re-extend underextend

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