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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#m1)

2) To extend means to reach or stretch from one point to another: «The garden extends to the river.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#m2)

3) To extend your hand, an invitation or thanks means to offer it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#m3)

4) When things extend to a total, they add up to that number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#x1)
- They extended the house with a new kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#x2)
- The teacher extended the deadline by two days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#x3)
- Extend the line to meet the edge of the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#x4)
- The road is 5 km long; it is extended by 2 km — how long now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#x5)
- We extend a warm welcome to our visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#x6)
- The forest extends for miles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#x7)
- I reckon these to extend to 2000, though only about 250 are in print. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2026/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «extend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.