extend.
To increase in extent.
Meaning & usage
To increase in extent.
To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
The desert extended for miles in all directions.
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 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.
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.
The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.
To reenlist for a further period.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).
Misspelling of extent.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).
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