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Extend

verb
/ɛkˈstɛnd/
Word Frequency: 20.0

Definitions

1.verbTo increase in extent.
2.verbTo possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
"The desert extended for miles in all directions."
3.verbTo cause to increase in extent.
4.verbTo cause to last for a longer period of time.
5.verbTo straighten (a limb).
6.verbTo bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
"to extend credit to a valued customer"
7.verbTo increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
8.verbTo value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
9.verbOf 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.verbTo reenlist for a further period.

Synonyms

enlargeexpandincreaseinheritlengthenstretchwidenbroadenprolongprotractdraw outreach out

Rhymes With

contendcomprehendapprehendtranscendcommendcondescendattendportend
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