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extend

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • \ik-ˈstend\
    • /ɪkˈstend/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • \ik-ˈstend\

Definitions of extend word

  • noun extend Cause to cover a larger area; make longer or wider. 1
  • transitive verb extend make longer: physically 1
  • transitive verb extend make longer: time 1
  • intransitive verb extend stretch out 1
  • intransitive verb extend stretch to reach sthg 1
  • intransitive verb extend spread 1

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Parts of speech for Extend

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

extend popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

extend usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for extend

verb extend

  • spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • range — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
  • cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • encompass — Surround and have or hold within.
  • outspread — spread out; stretched out: outspread arms.

Antonyms for extend

verb extend

  • curtail — If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
  • cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
  • keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
  • abbreviate — If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
  • decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.

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