The caves extend for some 18 kilometres. [VERB + for]
A shelf of land extended from the escarpment. [VERB + from]
To be in the competition, innovator companies try to extend the drug life time.
The Security Council has voted unanimously to extend the UN peacekeeping.
...a playing career in first-class cricket that extended from 1894 to 1920. [VERB from noun to noun]
The service also extends to wrapping and delivering gifts. [VERB + to]
Cut the interest rate on all mortgage loans by 50 basis points and extend the payment schedule by three to five years.
Extend, lengthen both imply a making longer in space or time, but , extend, in addition, may signify an enlarging in area, scope, influence, meaning, etc.; , elongate is a synonym for , lengthen in the spatial sense and is more commonly used in technical applications; , prolong, protract both primarily imply an extending in time, , prolong suggesting continuation beyond the usual or expected time, and , protract a being drawn out needlessly or wearingly
This year they have introduced three new products to extend their range. [VERB noun]
... a table which extends to accommodate extra guests. [VERB]
They have extended the deadline by twenty-four hours. [VERB noun]
It might be possible to extend the technique to other crop plants. [VERB noun + to]
The man extended his hand: 'I'm Chuck'. [VERB noun]
