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extend

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

expand or build upon existing knowledge, ideas, or concepts

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Senses

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extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

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thrust or extend out

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increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

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continue or extend

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lengthen in time

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prolong the time allowed for payment of

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extend in scope or range or area

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expand the influence of

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use to the utmost

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open or straighten out

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cause to move at full gallop

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extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

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offer verbally

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make available

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

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span an interval of distance, space or time

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reach outward in space

Classifications

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Variants

synonym
carrycoverdraw outexpandexsertgallophold outofferpasspoke outprolongprotractput outreach outstrainstretchstretch forthstretch outwiden
pasttense
extended
presentparticiple
extending
thirdpersonsingular
extends
pastparticiple
extended