extend

Meaning of extend

verb

To increase in extent.
To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
The desert extended for miles in all directions.
To cause to increase in extent.
To cause to last for a longer period of time.
To straighten (a limb).
To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
to extend credit to a valued customer
To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal.
To reenlist for a further period.

Information about extend

It is a verb.
The plural form of extend is: extends.
Languages in which extend is used:
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- English

Hyphenation of extend

ex-tend

It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
extend is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

extend synonyms

Meaning widen:

Meaning run:

run, go, pass, lead

Meaning cover:

cover, continue

Meaning offer:

Meaning exsert:

Meaning stretch:

Meaning expand:

Meaning prolong:

prolong, protract

Meaning unfold:

unfold, stretch

Meaning gallop:

Meaning strain:

Meaning carry:

Meaning :

inherit, enlarge, increase, lengthen

Translation of extend

Spanish: extender, desarrollar, ampliar, agrandar, estirar, prolongar
French: étendre, allonger, prolonger
Italian: ingrandire, estendere, stirare, allungare, sforzare
Portuguese: estender, alongar, elongar
German: strapazieren, überanstrengen

Anagrams of extend

Words that rhyme with extend

tend, obtend, subtend, pretend, repetend, contend, foreintend, intend, misintend, precontend, preintend, recontend, reintend, superintend, protend, uptend, bartend, convertend, invertend, obvertend, portend, startend, Ostend, distend, mistend, ostend, overdistend, redistend, stend, undistend, attend, coattend, misattend, reattend, Utend, utend, Hextend, coextend, counterextend, hyperextend, overextend, preextend, superextend

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