extendverb
uk/ɪkˈstend/us/ɪkˈstend/extend verb (INCREASE)
B2 [ T ] to add to something in order to make it bigger or longer:
B2 [ T ] to make something last longer:
More examples
- They planned to extend the car park, freeing existing parking spaces for visitors.
- We had to wait months for the council to approve our plans to extend the house.
- The company is hoping to extend its market still further.
- The deadline for applications is being extended, in part because of the postal strike.
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Stretching the body
- crane
- distend
- outstretched
- reach
- stretch
- stretch (yourself) out
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extend verb (STRETCH)
[ T ] to stretch something out:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stretching the body
- crane
- distend
- outstretched
- reach
- stretch
- stretch (yourself) out
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extend verb (REACH)
B2 [ I usually + adv/prep ] to reach, stretch, or continue:
More examples
- Our property extends as far as that line of trees over there.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stretching the body
- crane
- distend
- outstretched
- reach
- stretch
- stretch (yourself) out
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extend verb (OFFER)
[ T ] formal to offer or give something to someone:
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Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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extend verb (INCLUDE)
[ I + adv/prep ] to include or affect someone or something:
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Including and containing
- (right) down to idiom
- assimilate
- build sth in/into sth
- built-in
- cast
- cast your net wide idiom
- catholic
- factor
- factor sth in
- figure
- forget
- inbuilt
- incl
- include
- pack
- package
- rich
- subsume
- throw sth in
- wide-ranging
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extend verb (USE ABILITY)
[ T ] to cause someone to use all their ability:
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Trying and making an effort
- a blitz on sth idiom
- all-out
- assault
- attempt
- attempted
- bid
- crack
- go to great lengths idiom
- God helps those who help themselves idiom
- grasp at sth
- grope
- grope for sth
- push
- shoot
- stick
- stretch a/the point idiom
- strive
- strove
- succeed
- suck
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