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extend en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɛkˈstɛnd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of extent.
    alt of extent

extend en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ɛkˈstɛnd/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To increase in extent.
  2. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
    • The sands of Moltsog extend for some 80 kilometres, and surround a few lakes, such as Ganga Nuur. 2002, Claire Sermier, “Eastern Aimags”, in Helen Loveday, transl., Mongolia: Empire of the Steppes, Airphoto International Ltd., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 226:
    • The desert extended for miles in all directions.
    • Szechuan extends from the Wushan Mountains in the east to the Chinsha River — the upper reaches of the Yangtse — in the west. 1964, Jen Yu-ti [任育地], 中国地理概述 [A Concise Geography of China], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 165:
  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.
    • to extend sympathy to the suffering
    • to extend credit to a valued customer
  7. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
    • There's little stew left, but we can always extend it by adding more potatoes.
    • The skim milk and middlings should be mixed in a tub or barrel, and, if the supply of milk is short , it may be extended with water. 1894, Fred Grundy, “Management of Fall Pigs”, in The American Agriculturist Volume 54:
    • […] the exalted morality of those virtuous brethren in the trade who, with consciences as weak as their own "extended" liquors, sought to convince him that to reduce the drink was a mercy to the poor deluded toper. 1897, Alonzo Lewis, James Robinson Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, page 155:
  8. (UK) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
  9. (qualifier:object-oriented programming) 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.
  10. (US, intransitive) To reenlist for a further period.
    • Two years later, back to amtracs, this time at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and I liked it so much I extended. 1993, The Leatherneck, volume 76, page xxxvi:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
extended Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
extended Tense=Past lexicographic
extending Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
extends Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

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

Relateds

extensive · extensible · extent · extension · extendible

Synonyms

enlarge · inherit · run · widen · expand · stretch · increase · lengthen

Translations (123)

vi kéo dài (to cause to increase in extent) · hy երկարաձգել (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · uk розши́рити (to cause to increase in extent) · uk подо́вжувати (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · vi kéo dài (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · ru расши́рить (to cause to increase in extent) · fi ulottaa (to cause to increase in extent) · de ausweiten (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · ru продлева́ть (to increase in extent) · es aplazar (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · ru продли́ть (to increase in extent) · mi hokahokai (to increase in extent) · gl estender (to cause to increase in extent) · uk продо́вжити (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · tl pahabain (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · cs prodloužit (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · km ពន្យារ (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · bg удължавам (to increase in extent) · uk продо́вжувати (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · ba оҙарыу (to increase in extent) · tet lolo (to straighten a limb) · ru продолжа́ть (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · ba оҙайтыу (to cause to increase in extent) · sv förlänga (to increase in extent) · ba киңәйтеү (to cause to increase in extent) · nl verlengen (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · ca estendre (to increase in extent) · de ausdehnen (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · vi kế thừa (to be an extension or subtype of) · rar toro (to straighten a limb) · uk тягну́тися (to possess a certain extent) · fa گسترش دادن (to increase in extent) · zza hera kerden (to increase in extent) · vi nối dài (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · te విస్తరించు (to increase in extent) · cs rozšířit (to cause to increase in extent) · am አስረዘመ (to cause to increase in extent) · pt estender (to straighten a limb) · tr uzatmak (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · lt prailginti (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · de erweitern (to cause to increase in extent) · mos tʋɩ (to straighten a limb) · tr genişletmek (to cause to increase in extent) · eo etendiĝi (to increase in extent) · sa तनोति (to cause to increase in extent) · ru тяну́ться (to possess a certain extent) · tr uzatmak (to cause to increase in extent) · gl estender (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · pt estender (to cause to increase in extent) · fi laajentaa (to increase in extent) · uk розши́рювати (to cause to increase in extent) · pms stende (to straighten a limb) · uk подо́вжувати (to increase in extent) · ota كرمك (to straighten a limb) · mi toro (to straighten a limb) · oc estendre (to increase in extent) · mi whakakurepe (to increase in extent) · eo ampleksi (to possess a certain extent) · cmn 延长 (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · mi tautoro (to increase in extent) · ba оҙайыу (to increase in extent) · mi tautoro (to cause to increase in extent) · pt estender (to increase in extent) · de erweitern (to increase in extent) · kix thùolēu (to increase in extent) · bg простирам се (to possess a certain extent) · ga leathnaigh (to cause to increase in extent) · de ausdehnen (to cause to increase in extent) · es extenderse (to increase in extent) · de ausstrecken (to straighten a limb) · es ampliarse (to increase in extent) · uk розширя́ти (to cause to increase in extent) · ru расширя́ть (to cause to increase in extent) · ru продо́лжить (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · es prorrogar (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · ug ئۇزارتماق (to increase in extent) · tr genişletmek (to increase in extent) · uk подо́вжити (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · mi whakakurepe (to cause to increase in extent) · la adhibeo (to increase in extent) · ru простира́ться (to possess a certain extent) · ga fadaigh (to increase in extent) · la prōrogō (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · pt ampliar (to increase in extent) · gl estender (to increase in extent) · bg протягам (to cause to increase in extent) · vi nối dài (to cause to increase in extent) · nl uitbreiden (to cause to increase in extent) · ga sín (to increase in extent) · la porrigō (to bestow, offer, impart) · tl ihaba (to increase in extent) · cs rozšířit (to increase in extent) · et pikendama (to increase in extent) · uk подо́вжити (to increase in extent) · uk розтяга́ти (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · pt estender (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · bg продължавам (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · ddg lolore (to straighten a limb) · ba һоноу (to straighten a limb) · ba һуҙылыу (to possess a certain extent) · uk простяга́тися (to possess a certain extent) · tl pahabain (to increase in extent) · ty toro (to straighten a limb) · fr étendre (to increase in extent) · kk ұзару (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · vi kéo dài (to possess a certain extent) · mi whakamārō (to cause to increase in extent) · fr prolonger (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · it stendere (to straighten a limb) · hu kinyújt (to straighten a limb) · nl uitstrekken (to possess a certain extent) · ba һуҙыу (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · mi whakangeingei (to cause to increase in extent) · ru удлини́ть (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · am ረዘመ (to increase in extent) · mi totoro (to increase in extent) · tl pahabain (to cause to increase in extent) · ba оҙартыу (to cause to increase in extent) · uk тягти́ (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · nl uitbreiden (to increase in extent) · zza derg kerden (to cause to increase in extent) · ru удлиня́ть (to cause to last for a longer period of time) · es ampliar (to cause to last for a longer period of time)