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extend
ex‧tend S3 W2 /ɪkˈstend/ verb [date : 1300-1400; Language : Latin; Origin : extendere, from tendere 'to stretch'] 1. TIME [INTRANSITIVE + ADVERB/PREPOSITION,TRANSITIVE]to continue for a longer period of time, or to make something last longer: ▪ Management have agreed to extend the deadline. extend for/into/over etc ▪ Some of our courses extend over two years. extend something for/by/until something ▪ The government has extended the ban on the import of beef until June.
2. AREA/DISTANCE [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION]to continue for a particular distance or over a particular area across/over/through etc ▪ The River Nile extends as far south as Lake Victoria. extend 100 km/30 yards etc (from something) ▪ The shelf extends 20 cms from the bookcase.
3. SIZE [TRANSITIVE]to make a room, building, road etc bigger or longer: ▪ We plan to extend the kitchen by six feet.
4. INCLUDE/AFFECT a) [INTRANSITIVE ALWAYS + ADVERB/PREPOSITION] to affect or include people, things, or places extend to/beyond etc ▪ My duties at the school extend beyond just teaching. ▪ The vote was extended to all women aged 21 and over in 1928. b) [TRANSITIVE] to make something affect more people, situations, areas etc than before: ▪ British Coal is planning to extend its operations in Wales. extend something to somebody/something ▪ We can extend our insurance cover to travel abroad.
5. OFFER HELP/THANKS [TRANSITIVE] formal to officially offer someone help, sympathy, thanks etc extend something to somebody ▪ We’d like to extend a warm welcome to our French visitors. ▪ I’d like to extend my thanks to all the catering staff. ▪ The Coroner extended his sympathy to the victim’s family. ▪ The Headteacher has extended an invitation to the Prime Minister to visit the school. ▪ The banks have decided to extend credit to the company (=allow them to borrow more money).
6. ARMS/LEGS [TRANSITIVE]to stretch out a hand or leg: ▪ George extended his hand (=offered to shake hands).
7. CONTINUE WINNING [TRANSITIVE]to increase the number of points, games etc by which one person or team is ahead of other competitors: ▪ Manchester United extended their lead at the top of the table to 10 points.
8. FURNITURE [INTRANSITIVE AND TRANSITIVE]if a table or ladder extends, it can be made longer ⇨ fold
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES extend a deadline (=make the date or time later than it was before) ▪ My editor agreed to extend the deadline by two weeks. extend a metaphor (=to use other metaphors with a similar idea) ▪ The poem extends the metaphor of food still further. extend your influence (=make your influence larger) ▪ Syria had the opportunity to extend its influence in the region. extend your sympathy to sbformal (= express sympathy) ▪ I’d like to extend my deepest sympathy to the victim’s family. extend/accord sb a welcomeformal (= give someone a welcome) ▪ Staff and students extended a warm welcome to visiting parents. extend/broaden/widen a definition (=make it include more ideas) ▪ The new law has broadened the definition of terrorism. extended family extend/expand the scope of sth ▪ They may extend the scope of the project. extend/increase/stretch sb’s lead (=make the lead bigger) ▪ The Australian rugby team extended its lead with a try from Stirling Mortlock. extend/prolong your stay (=stay longer) ▪ He could not be persuaded to extend his stay. extend/renew sb's visa (=allow a visa to apply to a longer time) ▪ He hoped that his visa might be extended. offer/extend the hand of friendship (=officially say that you want a friendly relationship) ▪ America extended the hand of friendship, but it was rejected. offer/extend your thanks to sb (=thank someone publicly) ▪ We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the medical staff at Broadgreen Hospital. sb's extended family (=including not only parents and children, but also grandparents, aunts etc) ▪ She gets a lot of help from her extended family. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADVERB also ▪ The reader also extends the author's ideas, using his or her own knowledge, experience, and so on. ▪ That bossy controlling outlook also extends to friendships. ▪ The use of dryness extends also to routine operational practice. ▪ If these researchers are right, the ramifications of this continental shifting may also extend beyond the oceans and solid ground. ▪ Staff Pro Security also extends to Nevada. ▪ This enables the player to impart more spin on the ball and also extends the power zone for off centre hits. ▪ The city and some private employers also extend medical benefits to gay employees' partners. far ▪ There is a directness, a genuine sense of conviction in these words which extend far beyond strategic posing. ▪ It extended far beyond nuclear delivery weapons. ▪ The bank did not extend far in either direction. ▪ The significance of the South Carolina primary extends far beyond the 37 delegates at stake Saturday. ▪ Many fishnet organizations extend far beyond any given company or industry. ▪ But his problems extend far beyond Capitol Hill, as recent opinion surveys have shown. further ▪ After 1945 vast new estates, mainly of semi-detached houses, began to extend further out. ▪ Diverse printing and retouching techniques further extended the range of subjectivity to which photographers eagerly laid claim. ▪ In 1882, this elaborate system was extended further. ▪ The next chapter will extend further the explanation of how the structures interact to produce different forms of the body politic. ▪ The display can be further extended by incorporating 2 large photo panels: again this depends on the size of the venue. ▪ In 1823 steam-power replaced water and in 1888 the mill was further extended along the street. ▪ On the contrary, it extends further to include the Zealots as well. over ▪ The applications of this principle extend over almost every field of economic inquiry. ▪ These-spells of autocracy were once frequently longer and of indefinite duration, sometimes, indeed, extending over decades. ▪ The cases extend over a period of ten years. ▪ Skiing can also have a significant environmental impact, since provisions for it extend over relatively large areas. ▪ The resulting shallow pits and pools, often extending over many hectares, accumulate salts and nutrients from year to year. ▪ Beaver lakes are extended phenotypic effects of beaver genes, and they can extend over several hundreds of yards. ▪ The wings were extended over 60 years later, possibly when John Dampier acquired the estate in 1781. to ▪ It is a most lovely valley area, extending to over forty acres. ▪ On a busy main road with plenty of people walking around, the curfew will be extended to 1.30am. ▪ All these shapes posses a hierarchical structure extending to infinitely small scales. ▪ Agriculture Cultivation extends to about 600m, ending at a lower level on the colder north side of the island. ▪ The personal decision horizon is likely to extend to around two years. NOUN area ▪ In 1992 support activities have extended to encompass all areas of the voluntary sector from the Arts to Zoological research. ▪ She could use this capital to dictate the form of reconstruction and to extend the areas of her own influence. ▪ Further, this disadvantage extends to other areas of social life. ▪ But Newsom introduced an amendment to extend it to all areas. ▪ This stepped-up aggressiveness extends to other areas. ▪ I therefore extended my area of search slightly and as I did this out popped one of the shop tokens illustrated. ▪ This control extends into other areas of family life. ▪ The scheme will be extended from Task Force areas to include successful City Challenge bidders. credit ▪ But also, they include cases where lenders have extended credit when it would have been wiser not to. ▪ She touted reforms in Sacramento such as extending tax credits for research. ▪ I knew the proprietor must be struggling to make a living, because we could no longer afford to extend him any credit. ▪ Accounts receivable management requires striking a balance between the cost of extending credit and the benefit received from extending credit. ▪ Credit Limits Having decided to extend credit to a new customer you should: 1. ▪ Accounts receivable management requires striking a balance between the cost of extending credit and the benefit received from extending credit. ▪ Now they're extending our line of credit. ▪ She went to her bank for the simplest of loans: a loan to extend her available credit. hand ▪ Recovering quickly, he smiled in return and extended his hand. ▪ Then he looked at Bill Wall, extending his hand with finger and thumb crooked. ▪ Lily did not move, she did not even extend her hand to him. ▪ He extends his hand towards me. ▪ When Seb entered the gipsy turned and extended a hand in greeting. ▪ All the players on the Oregon bench are standing, clapping, extending their hands to Red for high fives. ▪ And there, in a conspicuous lull, was Lady Henrietta herself, extending her hand and cheek. ▪ The first time I went there, I extended my hand, and the patient proceeded to kick me in the shins. invitation ▪ I extend an invitation to the Minister to visit the community. ▪ Q: Will you extend a special invitation to them? ▪ Consideration should be given to extending an invitation to those on the mailing list. ▪ My wife will extend the invitation to the Carsons. lead ▪ Firebrands beat Swindon 3-0 to extend a seven-point lead at the West League's winter break. ▪ In the second half, the Mustangs were able to extend their lead to 30 with a more up-tempo offense. ▪ Birkenhead St Mary's extended their lead at the top as the nearest challengers Sutton and Aigburth lost. ▪ Ball then kicked a penalty before Neath extended their lead with a try from John Davies. ▪ Ball kicked another penalty shortly before half-time to extend the lead to 14-6. life ▪ The left has no interest in trying to extend its shelf life. ▪ To extend their storage life, tightly wrap and freeze them. ▪ It briefly considers the prospects for extending the operational life of obsolete systems through physical restoration as well as logical simulation. ▪ Freezing to extend storage life is practical. ▪ That company is now looking across the Channel to extend the working life of its hire machines. ▪ In this way an organism extends its life. ▪ It will be the first journal to make immediately available findings that could save or extend the lives of critically ill patients. ▪ When this relationship is extended, life on land becomes equated not only with non-questing but with spiritual non-being. period ▪ When the ground is frozen, walking on it for extended periods of time can cause frostbite. ▪ Most hire firms will, however, extend the period of hire, unless the equipment has been promised to some one else. ▪ The king extended the period of the trial in anticipation of objections from the Harrisons' enemies. ▪ A Cat standard mortgage can include a redemption penalty, so long as it does not extend beyond the discount period. ▪ Or even overcome a business relation-ship that includes an extended period of waiting. ▪ Such cultures retain viability and continue to proliferate for approximately I week but changing the medium may extend this period. ▪ It looked as if I was going to be out of commission for another extended period of time. plan ▪ Does he have plans to extend operations during night time as well as day time? ▪ There were no plans to extend that commitment, he said. ▪ Has he any plans to extend the free 0800 number to other taxes which could be reclaimed by pensioners and others? ▪ Mackintosh also has long-term plans to extend move into furniture design and manufacture. ▪ We have no plans to extend the current legislative provisions. ▪ Earlier this week, the college announced plans to extend to a second campus either in the Grassmarket or near Leith. ▪ He was delighted to find that there were plans to extend them. range ▪ This could, of course, be extended to the whole range of non-personal tax allowances. ▪ Proposed new legislation will extend the range of exempt companies to include Manx-registered public companies. ▪ They will also be ideal in fog, twilight and dull weather, enhancing vague details and extending the range of visibility. ▪ The Hampshire-based iron-work firm has just extended its range of hammer-and-anvil pieces to include a selection of castings using original patterns. ▪ New Fabric Backgrounds Colorama Photodisplay have extended their range of backgrounds by adding three new fabric materials to their product range. ▪ So the less one has the less he is tempted to extend the range of his needs indefinitely. ▪ I therefore welcome the inclusion of SmartIcons that extend the range of operations that you can easily do with the mouse. scheme ▪ If the experiment is a success it is hoped to extend the scheme to other schools. ▪ The extended scheme will give the police power to apply for a curfew order as well as the local authority. ▪ Once established there was natural pressure to extend the scheme. scope ▪ We have already extended the scope of the fund-holding scheme to allow general practitioners to provide services such as community nursing. ▪ It extends the scope of existing money laundering offences to cover the proceeds of other crimes. ▪ By doing this you can effectively extend the scope of the language. ▪ They do not extend the scope of authority covered by the main argument. service ▪ The Institute plans eventually to extend the service to the whole of West Sussex and Hampshire, about 1 million homes. ▪ Several legislators have urged the government to suspend the controversial value-added tax that was extended to cover service industries. ▪ Competitive tendering could be extended to certain medical services as well. ▪ The club will open only at the weekends, but the organisers eventually hope to extend the service to seven days. ▪ So they are extending their repertoire of services to include unit trusts, PEPs plans and insurance schemes. ▪ Consequently, the costs of strengthening and extending the probation service could be defrayed by charging a fee to the offending corporation. ▪ Investment to both upgrade existing facilities and extend our range of services has therefore been made to strengthen our position. ▪ Charlie decided that, following this initial success, he should extend his delivery service to other customers in the East End. system ▪ This research develops and extends these systems of tests, and incorporates expert system features into them. ▪ The lessons of athletics extend throughout the educational system. ▪ Guarantees of quality have to extend through the system rather than at separate points and junctions. ▪ This is an extended family of systems that always share information with each other, whether you want them to or not. ▪ This simple view also extends to the legal system. ▪ Ptolemy was much more ambitious in his use of the epicycle and extended the system to include all seven planets. ▪ This offering will enable customers to extend and tailor their systems to meet unique requirements. ▪ To extend our defence satellite system to cover the darkside channel would cost a further one hundred and twenty million. welcome ▪ Zhukov came towards him eagerly, his arms extended in welcome. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES extend/offer/hold out etc an olive branch (to sb) run/extend the (full) width of sth ▪ Even the view from the big window that runs the width of her office is unadorned. ▪ It ran the width of the ship and was full of machinery. ▪ She led them on to a small covered terrace running the full width of the house. ▪ The room she entered ran the width of the house, with windows at both ends. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ "Hello, Tom," he said, extending his hand. ▪ Derkin vows to fight any effort to extend sales taxes on food. ▪ I'll have to ask the bank to extend the repayment time on my loan. ▪ Miners have extended the tunnel in order to get a new supply of coal. ▪ Smith Point is a small piece of land extending a hundred yards or so into the water. ▪ The current contract expires in December, but will be extended to February 2004. ▪ The developer plans to extend Thomas Road to meet Tenth Street. ▪ The hotel has been recently renovated and extended. ▪ The River Nile extends as far as Lake Victoria. ▪ The Soviet Union extended all the way from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. ▪ The stock market headed lower today, extending its month-long decline. ▪ The US government is still trying to extend its influence over European politics. ▪ These cleaning devices are meant to extend the life of your cassettes. ▪ They will extend the subway from central Buffalo to the smaller towns around the city. ▪ Time Warner recently extended its reach to the world's biggest music business. ▪ TV coverage of the match had to be extended when it went into extra time. ▪ We're thinking of extending the kitchen. ▪ We can extend our effectiveness enormously by the use of up-to-date technology. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In 1970 the program was extended to low-income youth, primarily in urban areas. ▪ It extends to fears that the Republican coalition is cracking. ▪ The term of the Verma commission, which was to have ended on Aug. 25, was extended until Dec. 31.
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