Free translatorFree translator
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Extend   /ɪkstˈɛnd/   Listen
Extend

verb
(past & past part. extended; pres. part. extending)
1.
Extend in scope or range or area.  Synonyms: broaden, widen.  "Widen the range of applications" , "Broaden your horizon" , "Extend your backyard"
2.
Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.  Synonyms: go, lead, pass, run.  "His knowledge doesn't go very far" , "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life" , "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
3.
Span an interval of distance, space or time.  Synonyms: continue, cover.  "The period covered the turn of the century" , "My land extends over the hills on the horizon" , "This farm covers some 200 acres" , "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
4.
Make available; provide.  Synonym: offer.  "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
5.
Thrust or extend out.  Synonyms: exsert, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out.  "Point a finger" , "Extend a hand" , "The bee exserted its sting"
6.
Reach outward in space.  Synonyms: poke out, reach out.
7.
Offer verbally.  Synonym: offer.  "He offered his sympathy"
8.
Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body.  Synonym: stretch.  "Extend your right arm above your head"
9.
Expand the influence of.  Synonym: expand.
10.
Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer.  Synonyms: draw out, prolong, protract.  "She extended her visit by another day" , "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
11.
Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length.  Synonyms: stretch, stretch out, unfold.  "Stretch out that piece of cloth" , "Extend the TV antenna"
12.
Cause to move at full gallop.  Synonym: gallop.
13.
Open or straighten out; unbend.
14.
Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity.  Synonym: strain.  "Don't strain your mind too much"
15.
Prolong the time allowed for payment of.
16.
Continue or extend.  Synonym: carry.  "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
17.
Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance.  Synonym: stretch.  "Extend the casserole with a little rice"



Related searches:
extend oneself
extend to
extendible
hyperextend
overextend


WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Extend" Quotes from Famous Books



... bar it, after all," said a mocking voice. "Well, my conscience is clear. I warned you. And since you are at home and the door is open, will you extend your hospitality to ...
— Anthony Lyveden • Dornford Yates
... 'Tis wise to draw the distant nations on. This scheme will so extend the Long-Knife force, In lines defensive stretching to the sea, Their bands will be ...
— Tecumseh: A Drama • Charles Mair
... possible to do in the matter of improving conditions. Mind—I promise nothing. I put my tenants on probation. It seems hopeless. I'll start works for the really needy. If they show a desire to take advantage of my interest in them I'll extend my operations. If they do NOT I'll stop everything and put the estate on ...
— Peg O' My Heart • J. Hartley Manners
... Asia, and then it would be a far shorter voyage then thirtie dayes sayling, but that it is nothing neere Asia by former authoritie is sufficiently expressed, then if it should lie towardes the North, it would extend itself almost vnto the pole, a voiage ouer tedious to be perfourmed by land trauell. Therefore of necessity this distance of 950 leages must lie betweene the North and East, which by Anthony de Especio in his late trauells vpon the North of America is sufficiently discouered, then this beeing ...
— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries - Vol. II • Richard Hakluyt
... small for the present uses of the city, having been built between the years 1803 and 1810. The front and ends are of marble, but the rear is of brown stone. It is said that the city fathers, at the time of its erection, thinking that the town would never extend beyond the lower line of the park, were anxious to save the additional cost of the marble at ...
— The Secrets Of The Great City • Edward Winslow Martin


More quotes...


Copyright © 2024 Free Translator.org