extend /iks-tendˈ/

1. To stretch out
2. To prolong in any direction
3. To enlarge
4. To expand
5. To widen
6. To unfold
7. To straighten out
8. To hold out
9. To offer or accord
10. To exert to the full
11. To seize (law; historical)
12. To value or assess

1. To stretch or reach
2. To be continued in space or time

extendabilˈity noun

extendˈable adjective

extendˈant adjective (heraldry)

Displayed

extendˈed adjective

1. Occupying space
2. Having extension
3. Stretched out
4. Extensive

extendˈedly adverb

extendˈer noun

1. Someone or something that extends
2. A university extension lecture
3. A substance added to paint to give body, or to food to give extra bulk

extendibilˈity noun

extendˈible adjective

extense /-tensˈ/ adjective (obsolete)

Extensive

extensibilˈity noun

extensˈible or extensile /eks-tenˈsīl or -sil/ adjective

That may be extended

extensificāˈtion noun

An agricultural policy within the European Union by which land is farmed less intensively and savings made in expenditure on feed, fertilizers and pesticides to balance lower production

extension /iks- or eks-tenˈshən/ noun

1. An act of extending
2. The condition of being extended
3. An added piece
4. A wing or annex of a house
5. The property of occupying space
6. The extent of the application of a term or the number of objects included under it, opp to intension (logic)
7. A word or words added to subject, predicate or object (grammar)
8. An extension lead
9. An additional telephone using the same line as the main one

extenˈsional adjective

extenˈsionalism or extensionalˈity noun

extenˈsionally adverb

extenˈsionist noun

1. An advocate of extension
2. A university extension lecturer or student

extensˈity noun

Massiveness or spatial quality in sensation from which perception of extension is derived

extensˈive adjective

1. Large
2. Widespread
3. Comprehensive
4. /eks-/ relating to extension
5. Seeking or deriving a comparatively small crop cheaply from a wide area, opp to intensive (agriculture)

extensˈively adverb

extensˈiveness noun

extensivīzāˈtion or extensivīsāˈtion noun

The extensive method of agriculture (see also extensification above)

extensomˈeter or extensimˈeter /eks-/ noun

An instrument for measuring small changes in length, etc in metal to which tension has been applied

extenˈsor noun

A muscle that extends or straightens any part of the body

extentˈ noun

1. The space or degree to which a thing is extended
2. Bulk
3. Compass
4. Scope
5. Degree or amount (as in to some extent)
6. A stretch or extended space
7. A valuation of property
8. (before 1947) a writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown (law)
9. Seizure (Shakespeare)
10. Attack (Shakespeare)
11. An act of extending (justice, courtesy, etc) (Shakespeare)

Stretched out

extended credit noun

A form of purchase where the goods become the property of the buyer immediately, as opposed to hire purchase where ownership is not transferred until the last payment is made

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