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extend is a verb meaning "extend in scope or range or area". It carries 17 recorded senses.
stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
“Service runs all the way to Cranbury”
“His knowledge doesn't go very far”
“My memory extends back to my fourth year of life”
“The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets”
span an interval of distance, space or time
“The war extended over five years”
“The period covered the turn of the century”
“My land extends over the hills on the horizon”
“This farm covers some 200 acres”
“The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles”
thrust or extend out
“He held out his hand”
“point a finger”
“extend a hand”
“the bee exserted its sting”
extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
“Stretch your legs!”
“Extend your right arm above your head”
extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length
“Unfold the newspaper”
“stretch out that piece of cloth”
“extend the TV antenna”
use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
“He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro”
“Don't strain your mind too much”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for extend come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.