extend

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   prolong the time allowed for payment of

   extend the loan

2. 2
   verb

   extend in scope or range or area

   The law was extended to all citizens

3. 3
   verb

   expand the influence of

   The monarch extended their rule to the shores of the continent.

4. 4
   verb

   offer verbally

   extend my greetings

5. 5
   verb

   stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

   run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

6. 6
   verb

   span an interval of distance, space or time

   The war extended over five years

7. 7
   verb

   reach outward in space

   The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk

8. 8
   verb

   To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.

   The desert extended for miles in all directions.

Etymology

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