1. Word finder
  2. Word definitions
  3. extend

Find the word definition

What is "extend"

Crossword clues for extend

extend
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
extend
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
extend a deadline (=make the date or time later than it was before)
▪ My editor agreed to extend the deadline by two weeks.
extend a metaphor (=to use other metaphors with a similar idea)
▪ The poem extends the metaphor of food still further.
extend your influence (=make your influence larger)
▪ Syria had the opportunity to extend its influence in the region.
extend your sympathy to sbformal (= express sympathy)
▪ I’d like to extend my deepest sympathy to the victim’s family.
extend/accord sb a welcomeformal (= give someone a welcome)
▪ Staff and students extended a warm welcome to visiting parents.
extend/broaden/widen a definition (=make it include more ideas)
▪ The new law has broadened the definition of terrorism.
extended family
extend/expand the scope of sth
▪ They may extend the scope of the project.
extend/increase/stretch sb’s lead (=make the lead bigger)
▪ The Australian rugby team extended its lead with a try from Stirling Mortlock.
extend/prolong your stay (=stay longer)
▪ He could not be persuaded to extend his stay.
extend/renew sb's visa (=allow a visa to apply to a longer time)
▪ He hoped that his visa might be extended.
offer/extend the hand of friendship (=officially say that you want a friendly relationship)
▪ America extended the hand of friendship, but it was rejected.
offer/extend your thanks to sb (=thank someone publicly)
▪ We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the medical staff at Broadgreen Hospital.
sb's extended family (=including not only parents and children, but also grandparents, aunts etc)
▪ She gets a lot of help from her extended family.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ The reader also extends the author's ideas, using his or her own knowledge, experience, and so on.
▪ That bossy controlling outlook also extends to friendships.
▪ The use of dryness extends also to routine operational practice.
▪ If these researchers are right, the ramifications of this continental shifting may also extend beyond the oceans and solid ground.
▪ Staff Pro Security also extends to Nevada.
▪ This enables the player to impart more spin on the ball and also extends the power zone for off centre hits.
▪ The city and some private employers also extend medical benefits to gay employees' partners.
far
▪ There is a directness, a genuine sense of conviction in these words which extend far beyond strategic posing.
▪ It extended far beyond nuclear delivery weapons.
▪ The bank did not extend far in either direction.
▪ The significance of the South Carolina primary extends far beyond the 37 delegates at stake Saturday.
▪ Many fishnet organizations extend far beyond any given company or industry.
▪ But his problems extend far beyond Capitol Hill, as recent opinion surveys have shown.
further
▪ After 1945 vast new estates, mainly of semi-detached houses, began to extend further out.
▪ Diverse printing and retouching techniques further extended the range of subjectivity to which photographers eagerly laid claim.
▪ In 1882, this elaborate system was extended further.
▪ The next chapter will extend further the explanation of how the structures interact to produce different forms of the body politic.
▪ The display can be further extended by incorporating 2 large photo panels: again this depends on the size of the venue.
▪ In 1823 steam-power replaced water and in 1888 the mill was further extended along the street.
▪ On the contrary, it extends further to include the Zealots as well.
over
▪ The applications of this principle extend over almost every field of economic inquiry.
▪ These-spells of autocracy were once frequently longer and of indefinite duration, sometimes, indeed, extending over decades.
▪ The cases extend over a period of ten years.
▪ Skiing can also have a significant environmental impact, since provisions for it extend over relatively large areas.
▪ The resulting shallow pits and pools, often extending over many hectares, accumulate salts and nutrients from year to year.
▪ Beaver lakes are extended phenotypic effects of beaver genes, and they can extend over several hundreds of yards.
▪ The wings were extended over 60 years later, possibly when John Dampier acquired the estate in 1781.
to
▪ It is a most lovely valley area, extending to over forty acres.
▪ On a busy main road with plenty of people walking around, the curfew will be extended to 1.30am.
▪ All these shapes posses a hierarchical structure extending to infinitely small scales.
▪ Agriculture Cultivation extends to about 600m, ending at a lower level on the colder north side of the island.
▪ The personal decision horizon is likely to extend to around two years.
■ NOUN
area
▪ In 1992 support activities have extended to encompass all areas of the voluntary sector from the Arts to Zoological research.
▪ She could use this capital to dictate the form of reconstruction and to extend the areas of her own influence.
▪ Further, this disadvantage extends to other areas of social life.
▪ But Newsom introduced an amendment to extend it to all areas.
▪ This stepped-up aggressiveness extends to other areas.
▪ I therefore extended my area of search slightly and as I did this out popped one of the shop tokens illustrated.
▪ This control extends into other areas of family life.
▪ The scheme will be extended from Task Force areas to include successful City Challenge bidders.
credit
▪ But also, they include cases where lenders have extended credit when it would have been wiser not to.
▪ She touted reforms in Sacramento such as extending tax credits for research.
▪ I knew the proprietor must be struggling to make a living, because we could no longer afford to extend him any credit.
▪ Accounts receivable management requires striking a balance between the cost of extending credit and the benefit received from extending credit.
▪ Credit Limits Having decided to extend credit to a new customer you should: 1.
▪ Accounts receivable management requires striking a balance between the cost of extending credit and the benefit received from extending credit.
▪ Now they're extending our line of credit.
▪ She went to her bank for the simplest of loans: a loan to extend her available credit.
hand
▪ Recovering quickly, he smiled in return and extended his hand.
▪ Then he looked at Bill Wall, extending his hand with finger and thumb crooked.
▪ Lily did not move, she did not even extend her hand to him.
▪ He extends his hand towards me.
▪ When Seb entered the gipsy turned and extended a hand in greeting.
▪ All the players on the Oregon bench are standing, clapping, extending their hands to Red for high fives.
▪ And there, in a conspicuous lull, was Lady Henrietta herself, extending her hand and cheek.
▪ The first time I went there, I extended my hand, and the patient proceeded to kick me in the shins.
invitation
▪ I extend an invitation to the Minister to visit the community.
▪ Q: Will you extend a special invitation to them?
▪ Consideration should be given to extending an invitation to those on the mailing list.
▪ My wife will extend the invitation to the Carsons.
lead
▪ Firebrands beat Swindon 3-0 to extend a seven-point lead at the West League's winter break.
▪ In the second half, the Mustangs were able to extend their lead to 30 with a more up-tempo offense.
▪ Birkenhead St Mary's extended their lead at the top as the nearest challengers Sutton and Aigburth lost.
▪ Ball then kicked a penalty before Neath extended their lead with a try from John Davies.
▪ Ball kicked another penalty shortly before half-time to extend the lead to 14-6.
life
▪ The left has no interest in trying to extend its shelf life.
▪ To extend their storage life, tightly wrap and freeze them.
▪ It briefly considers the prospects for extending the operational life of obsolete systems through physical restoration as well as logical simulation.
▪ Freezing to extend storage life is practical.
▪ That company is now looking across the Channel to extend the working life of its hire machines.
▪ In this way an organism extends its life.
▪ It will be the first journal to make immediately available findings that could save or extend the lives of critically ill patients.
▪ When this relationship is extended, life on land becomes equated not only with non-questing but with spiritual non-being.
period
▪ When the ground is frozen, walking on it for extended periods of time can cause frostbite.
▪ Most hire firms will, however, extend the period of hire, unless the equipment has been promised to some one else.
▪ The king extended the period of the trial in anticipation of objections from the Harrisons' enemies.
▪ A Cat standard mortgage can include a redemption penalty, so long as it does not extend beyond the discount period.
▪ Or even overcome a business relation-ship that includes an extended period of waiting.
▪ Such cultures retain viability and continue to proliferate for approximately I week but changing the medium may extend this period.
▪ It looked as if I was going to be out of commission for another extended period of time.
plan
▪ Does he have plans to extend operations during night time as well as day time?
▪ There were no plans to extend that commitment, he said.
▪ Has he any plans to extend the free 0800 number to other taxes which could be reclaimed by pensioners and others?
▪ Mackintosh also has long-term plans to extend move into furniture design and manufacture.
▪ We have no plans to extend the current legislative provisions.
▪ Earlier this week, the college announced plans to extend to a second campus either in the Grassmarket or near Leith.
▪ He was delighted to find that there were plans to extend them.
range
▪ This could, of course, be extended to the whole range of non-personal tax allowances.
▪ Proposed new legislation will extend the range of exempt companies to include Manx-registered public companies.
▪ They will also be ideal in fog, twilight and dull weather, enhancing vague details and extending the range of visibility.
▪ The Hampshire-based iron-work firm has just extended its range of hammer-and-anvil pieces to include a selection of castings using original patterns.
▪ New Fabric Backgrounds Colorama Photodisplay have extended their range of backgrounds by adding three new fabric materials to their product range.
▪ So the less one has the less he is tempted to extend the range of his needs indefinitely.
▪ I therefore welcome the inclusion of SmartIcons that extend the range of operations that you can easily do with the mouse.
scheme
▪ If the experiment is a success it is hoped to extend the scheme to other schools.
▪ The extended scheme will give the police power to apply for a curfew order as well as the local authority.
▪ Once established there was natural pressure to extend the scheme.
scope
▪ We have already extended the scope of the fund-holding scheme to allow general practitioners to provide services such as community nursing.
▪ It extends the scope of existing money laundering offences to cover the proceeds of other crimes.
▪ By doing this you can effectively extend the scope of the language.
▪ They do not extend the scope of authority covered by the main argument.
service
▪ The Institute plans eventually to extend the service to the whole of West Sussex and Hampshire, about 1 million homes.
▪ Several legislators have urged the government to suspend the controversial value-added tax that was extended to cover service industries.
▪ Competitive tendering could be extended to certain medical services as well.
▪ The club will open only at the weekends, but the organisers eventually hope to extend the service to seven days.
▪ So they are extending their repertoire of services to include unit trusts, PEPs plans and insurance schemes.
▪ Consequently, the costs of strengthening and extending the probation service could be defrayed by charging a fee to the offending corporation.
▪ Investment to both upgrade existing facilities and extend our range of services has therefore been made to strengthen our position.
▪ Charlie decided that, following this initial success, he should extend his delivery service to other customers in the East End.
system
▪ This research develops and extends these systems of tests, and incorporates expert system features into them.
▪ The lessons of athletics extend throughout the educational system.
▪ Guarantees of quality have to extend through the system rather than at separate points and junctions.
▪ This is an extended family of systems that always share information with each other, whether you want them to or not.
▪ This simple view also extends to the legal system.
▪ Ptolemy was much more ambitious in his use of the epicycle and extended the system to include all seven planets.
▪ This offering will enable customers to extend and tailor their systems to meet unique requirements.
▪ To extend our defence satellite system to cover the darkside channel would cost a further one hundred and twenty million.
welcome
▪ Zhukov came towards him eagerly, his arms extended in welcome.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to sb)
run/extend the (full) width of sth
▪ Even the view from the big window that runs the width of her office is unadorned.
▪ It ran the width of the ship and was full of machinery.
▪ She led them on to a small covered terrace running the full width of the house.
▪ The room she entered ran the width of the house, with windows at both ends.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "Hello, Tom," he said, extending his hand.
▪ Derkin vows to fight any effort to extend sales taxes on food.
▪ I'll have to ask the bank to extend the repayment time on my loan.
▪ Miners have extended the tunnel in order to get a new supply of coal.
▪ Smith Point is a small piece of land extending a hundred yards or so into the water.
▪ The current contract expires in December, but will be extended to February 2004.
▪ The developer plans to extend Thomas Road to meet Tenth Street.
▪ The hotel has been recently renovated and extended.
▪ The River Nile extends as far as Lake Victoria.
▪ The Soviet Union extended all the way from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
▪ The stock market headed lower today, extending its month-long decline.
▪ The US government is still trying to extend its influence over European politics.
▪ These cleaning devices are meant to extend the life of your cassettes.
▪ They will extend the subway from central Buffalo to the smaller towns around the city.
▪ Time Warner recently extended its reach to the world's biggest music business.
▪ TV coverage of the match had to be extended when it went into extra time.
▪ We're thinking of extending the kitchen.
▪ We can extend our effectiveness enormously by the use of up-to-date technology.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In 1970 the program was extended to low-income youth, primarily in urban areas.
▪ It extends to fears that the Republican coalition is cracking.
▪ The term of the Verma commission, which was to have ended on Aug. 25, was extended until Dec. 31.
Related phrases:
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Extend

Extend \Ex*tend"\ ([e^]ks*t[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.] [L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch. See Trend.]

  1. To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.

    Few extend their thoughts toward universal knowledge.
    --Locke.

  2. To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.

  3. To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness, or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trial.

  4. To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.

    His helpless hand extend.
    --Dryden.

  5. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.

  6. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.
    --G. P. Burnham.

  7. (Eng. Law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

    Extended letter (Typog.), a letter, or style of type, having a broader face than is usual for a letter or type of the same height.

    Note: This is extended type.

    Syn: To increase; enlarge; expand; widen; diffuse. See Increase.

Related phrases:
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
extend

early 14c., "to value, assess," from Anglo-French estendre (late 13c.), Old French estendre "stretch out, extend, increase," transitive and intransitive (Modern French étendre), from Latin extendere "stretch out, spread out; increase, enlarge, prolong, continue," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet).\n

\nOriginal sense in English is obsolete. From late 14c. as "lengthen or extend in time," also "straighten" (an arm, wing. etc.). Meaning "make longer and/or broader in space" is from early 15c., as is intransitive sense of "cover an area, have a certain extent in space;" sense of "expand, grow distended" is from 1753. Related: Extended; extending.

Wiktionary
extend

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To increase in extent. 2 (context intransitive English) To possess a certain extent. 3 (context transitive English) To cause to increase in extent. 4 (context transitive English) To cause to last for a longer period of time. 5 (context transitive English) To straighten (a limb). 6 To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply. 7 To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions. 8 (context UK legal English) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

Related phrases:
WordNet
extend

  1. v. extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" [syn: widen, broaden]

  2. stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "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" [syn: run, go, pass, lead]

  3. span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres" [syn: cover]

  4. make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" [syn: offer]

  5. thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting" [syn: exsert, stretch out, put out, hold out, stretch forth]

  6. reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk" [syn: poke out, reach out]

  7. offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" [syn: offer]

  8. extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" [syn: stretch]

  9. expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" [syn: expand]

  10. lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" [syn: prolong, protract, draw out]

  11. extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" [syn: unfold, stretch, stretch out]

  12. cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" [syn: gallop]

  13. open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"

  14. use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" [syn: strain]

  15. prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan"

  16. continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" [syn: carry]

  17. increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" [syn: stretch]

Related phrases:
Wikipedia
Related phrases:

Usage examples of "extend".

But to extend the hypothesis so far as to suppose that species, aboriginally as distinct as carriers, tumblers, pouters, and fantails now are, should yield offspring perfectly fertile, inter se, seems to me rash in the extreme.

Einstein significantly extended this symmetry by showing that the laws of physics are actually identical for all observers, even if they are undergoing complicated accelerated motion.

He had been with Mwynwen frequently, either in his own chambers or her house, resting and leaching out of his body the subliminal aches and slight sickness that extended exposure to iron caused .

It lies in a narrow defile of the valley of the Acis, and extends up it to Acies Castle.

On the fifth day the line of demarcation extended to the spine of the scapula, laying bare the bone and exposing the acromion process and involving the pectoral muscles.

Miss Hillyard angrily adduced instances extending over the past three terms of History students whose work had been interfered with by what looked like deliberate persecution.

Stoth priest, now fully confirmed and entered into his adeptship, went before the Mechanist Union with a proposal to distribute the drug, which retards deterioration of cell generations and extends the number of such replications per organism as well as conferring extensive immunities, throughout the thirty-seven nations.

The limits of the latter therefore seem to be indefinitely extended, whilst on the other hand tradition, and polemics too in many cases, demanded an adherence to the shortest formula.

As with horizontally extended radicles, of which the tip has been cut off or destroyed, the part which ought to bend most remains motionless for many hours or days, although exposed at right angles to the full influence of geotropism, we must conclude that the tip alone is sensitive to this power, and transmits some influence or stimulus to the adjoining parts, causing them to bend.

Court refused to take jurisdiction of a suit in equity brought by the United States to determine the navigability of the New and Kanawha Rivers on the ground that the jurisdiction in such suits is limited to cases and controversies and does not extend to the adjudication of mere differences of opinion between the officials of the two governments.

Also, in a suit to enforce double liability, brought in Rhode Island against a stockholder in a Kansas trust company, the courts of Rhode Island were held to be obligated to extend recognition to the statutes and court decisions of Kansas whereunder it is established that a Kansas judgment recovered by a creditor against the trust company is not only conclusive as to the liability of the corporation but also an adjudication binding each stockholder therein.

Lord Ado would leave her alone for an extended time as he still had other business to conduct and probably wanted her to wait in fear for his entrance.

The fairing for the towed array extended longitudinally aft from the leading edge of the sail to the stern.

He proceeded up to the platform that extended most of the length of the hull aft of the sail, the seats near the sail for senior officers like Donchez and for him and Duckett.

His interest extended to her afterwork hours also, and she found herself telling him of some of the excursions she and Paul had made, of picnics in the country and water-skiing on the Mississippi, of dinners and plays they had enjoyed.