extend

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“I stretch out”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛkˈstɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd Hyphenation: ex‧tend === Verb === extend (third-person singular simple present extends, present participle extending, simple past and past participle extended) (intransitive) To increase in extent. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space. (transitive) To cause to increase in extent. Synonym: run (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time. (transitive) To straighten (a limb). (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions. (UK, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class. Synonym: inherit (intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period. ==== Synonyms ==== enlarge expand increase lengthen stretch widen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === extend Misspelling of extent. === Anagrams === dentex