Extend Definition

ĭk-stĕnd
extended, extending, extends
verb
extended, extending, extends
To be extended.
Webster's New World
To cause (something) to be longer, wider, or cover more area.
Extended the subway line into the next town.
American Heritage
To stretch out or draw out to a certain point, or for a certain distance or time.
Webster's New World
To enlarge in area, scope, influence, meaning, effect, etc.; widen; broaden; expand; spread.
Webster's New World
To lie or stretch.
The fence extends to the meadow.
Webster's New World

Origin of Extend

  • Middle English extenden from Old French extendre from Latin extendere ex- ex- tendere to stretch ten- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman and Old French estendre (French étendre), from Latin extendō (“I stretch out”).

    From Wiktionary

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