From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).
Meanings
(intransitive) To increase in extent.
(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:
(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
(transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
(transitive) To straighten (a limb).
(transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
to extend sympathy to the suffering
to extend credit to a valued customer
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:
(UK) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
(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.
(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:
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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)