extend
part of speech
verb (extend, extends, extended, extending)
meaning for a pupil
1) To extend means to make something longer, bigger or last longer. tree →
2) To extend means to reach or stretch from one point to another: «The garden extends to the river.» tree →
3) To extend your hand, an invitation or thanks means to offer it. tree →
4) When things extend to a total, they add up to that number. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Tradition reads Nehemiah's words as showing God's long patience: He warned Israel through the prophets before punishing them. The psalm's wish that no one extend kindness is read as a harsh prayer against a wicked enemy. In the primary lessons: In maths you extend a line, a pattern or a number sequence; in maths problems «extend by» means add. In everyday life houses are extended and deadlines extended. Phrases: «extend a deadline», «extend by», «extend a warm welcome», «extended family».
examples
- Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children. (Writings PSA.109.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Yet many years didst Thou extend mercy unto them, and didst forewarn them by Thy spirit through Thy prophets; yet would they not give ear; therefore gavest Thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. (Writings NEH.9.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- Extend the pattern: 3, 6, 9, 12, ... tree →
- They extended the house with a new kitchen. tree →
- The teacher extended the deadline by two days. tree →
- Extend the line to meet the edge of the page. tree →
- The road is 5 km long; it is extended by 2 km — how long now? tree →
- We extend a warm welcome to our visitors. tree →
- The forest extends for miles. tree →
- I reckon these to extend to 2000, though only about 250 are in print. tree →
note
Regular verb. Noun: extension. Adjective: extensive (large). Maths: «extend by 3» means add 3; «extend to 10» means make it 10 in total.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «extend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.