extend

B1 Topic:Time

US /ɛkˈstɛnd/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #6735

Meanings

1

verb
To make something longer or larger in size, time, or scope.

The library has extended its opening hours for the exam period.
2

verb
To cover or stretch over a distance, area, or period of time.

The desert extended for miles in all directions.
3

verb
To formally offer or give something to someone.

I would like to extend my warmest greetings to all our guests.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to make something longer or... widen expand

2 verb · to cover or stretch over a... coverreach out

3 verb · to formally offer or give... offer

More enlarge increase lengthen stretch

Word family

Forms extendedextendingextends

Derived forms coextendextendabilityextendableextenderhyperextendmisextendoverextendre-extendunderextend

Related forms extendibleextensible extension extensive extent

Common collocations

extend a stay Verb + noun

Etymology

From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).

*tend- Proto-Indo-European extenden Middle English extendre xno extendō Latin

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Topics

Time Actions & Processes

# extend

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ɛkˈstɛnd
**Frequency rank:** 6735

## Meanings
1. To make something longer or larger in size, time, or scope.
2. To cover or stretch over a distance, area, or period of time.
3. To formally offer or give something to someone.

## Examples
- The library has extended its opening hours for the exam period.
- The desert extended for miles in all directions.
- I would like to extend my warmest greetings to all our guests.

## Synonyms
- enlarge
- expand
- increase
- lengthen
- stretch
- widen

## Derived Forms
- coextend
- extendability
- extendable
- extender
- hyperextend
- misextend
- overextend
- re-extend
- underextend

## Related Forms
- extendible
- extensible
- extension
- extensive
- extent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tend-
- Root: extenden
- Root: extendre
- Root: extendō

## Etymology
From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).

## AI Etymology
Extend comes from Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”). In current use, the main senses are “To make something longer or larger in size, time, or scope” and “To cover or stretch over a distance, area, or period of time”.

## Topics
- Time
- Actions & Processes

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