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To increase in extent.intransitive
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To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.intransitive
- The desert extended for miles in all directions.
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To cause to increase in extent.transitive
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To cause to last for a longer period of time.transitive
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To straighten (a limb).transitive
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To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.transitive
- to extend sympathy to the suffering
- to extend credit to a valued customer
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To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- There's little stew left, but we can always extend it by adding more potatoes.
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To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.UK
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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.
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To reenlist for a further period.USintransitive
- Two years later, back to amtracs, this time at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and I liked it so much I extended.
syn. enlarge · expand · increase · lengthen · stretch · widen