Synonyms for extend
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ik-stend |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɛnd |
Top 10 synonyms for extend Other synonyms for the word extend
- accord
- add to
- aggrandize
- allot
- amplify
- augment
- award
- beef up
- bestow
- bring forward
- carry on
- confer
- crane
- dilate
- donate
- drag one's feet
- drag out
- draw
- draw out
- elongate
- fan out
- go on
- grant
- heighten
- hold out
- impart
- increase
- last
- lengthen
- let out
- magnify
- mantle
- multiply
- open
- pad
- place at disposal
- pose
- present
- proffer
- prolong
- prolongate
- protract
- put forth
- put forward
- reach out
- run on
- spin out
- spread
- spread out
- stall
- stretch
- stretch out
- string out
- submit
- supplement
- take
- tender
- unfold
- unfurl
- unroll
- widen
- yield
Définition of extend
Origin :- early 14c., "to value, assess;" late 14c. "to stretch out, lengthen," from Anglo-French estendre (late 13c.), Old French estendre "stretch out, extend, increase," from Latin extendere "stretch out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Extended; extending.
- verb make larger, longer
- verb offer
- We have asked for no privileges we would not extend to others.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Russia sought to extend her conquests south and to seize upon Turkey.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Nor did her hips want the assistance of a hoop to extend them.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
- And did Bernadette ever extend the pilgrimage of her dreams as far as Bartres?
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The road, straight as an arrow, seemed to extend into the infinite.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- And you may extend it further, if you choose,--to all the results of honor and purity.
- Extract from : « Slavery Ordained of God » by Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
- It is possible that I may extend that number a little, but if so it will be an exception.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- No a priori induction will ever extend this line or plexus to man.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- This likeness does not, however, extend in all cases to the opposite extremity.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, Issue 10, Saturday, June 4, 1870 » by Various
- You tell me we ought to enlarge our sphere of sensation, and to extend the sources of happiness.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
Antonyms for extend
- abbreviate
- abridge
- cease
- close
- compress
- conceal
- condense
- constrict
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- decrease
- degrade
- deny
- diminish
- disallow
- disapprove
- discontinue
- dissuade
- end
- finish
- halt
- hide
- hinder
- hold
- keep
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- narrow
- oppose
- reduce
- refrain
- refuse
- restrict
- shorten
- shrink
- stop
- take
- take back
- withhold
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