extend

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb extend in scope or range or area
  2. verb stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
  3. verb span an interval of distance, space or time

Etymology

From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

widen, broaden

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