extend

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɛkˈstɛnd/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧tend

Verb

Plain form extend

Third-person singular extends

Past tense extended

Past participle extended

Present participle extending

1. (transitive) If you extend something, you make it longer.

   They extended the meeting so that more people could speak.

   The muscles contract and extend to move the body.

2. (intransitive) If something extends from $x$ to $y$, it covers all the time or space in between.

   The Alps extend from France to Austria.

   The middle ages extended from ancient to modern times.

3. If you extend something, you offer it

   I would like to extend to you an invitation to the party.

Synonyms

• stretch
• expand
• enlarge
• increase
• lengthen
• widen
• develop

Related words

• extendible (adjective)
• extensible (adjective)
• extension