extend

«extend» in Mova's school dictionary: to make something longer, bigger or last longer — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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

• Let there be none to extend kindness unto him; neither let there be any to be gracious unto his fatherless children.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «extend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.