extend

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Latin extendere, ‘to stretch out’.

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Infinitive
to extend

Third person singular
extends

Simple past
extended

Past participle
extended

Present participle
extending

to extend (third-person singular simple present extends, present participle extending, simple past and past participle extended)

  1. (intransitive) To increase in extent.
  2. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent.
  3. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
  4. (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
  5. (transitive) To straighten (a limb).

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