Extend (verb):Meaning: To make something larger in size, length, duration, or scope; to stretch out or increase the reach of something.
Examples:
- She decided to extend her vacation by a few days to explore more places.
- The company plans to extend its product line to cater to a wider audience.
- The contract was extended for another year to allow more time for completion.
Synonyms: Lengthen, stretch, expand, prolong, enlarge.
Antonyms: Shorten, reduce, contract, limit, curtail.
Collocations:
- Extend an invitation: They extended an invitation to the conference.
- Extend a deadline: The professor decided to extend the deadline for the research paper.
- Extend a hand: He extended a hand to help the elderly woman cross the street.
Idioms:
- Extend an olive branch: The countries decided to extend an olive branch to end the conflict.
- Extend oneself: She always goes above and beyond, willing to extend herself for others.
- Extend the courtesy: We should always extend the courtesy of listening to others.
Expressions:
- Extend a warm welcome: The community extended a warm welcome to the new residents.
- Extend gratitude: He wanted to extend his gratitude to everyone who supported him.
- Extend a gesture: The team captain extended a gesture of sportsmanship after the game.
Phrases:
- Extend your reach: With dedication, you can extend your reach to achieve your goals.
- Extend good wishes: Let's extend our good wishes to the couple on their wedding day.
- Extend an offer: The company decided to extend a job offer to the top candidate.
Word Family (prefix: "re-"):
- Reextend (verb): To extend again or further.
Word Family (suffix: "-able"):
- Extendable (adjective): Capable of being extended or lengthened.
- Extender (noun): A device or substance used to increase the length or reach of something.
- Extensibility (noun): The quality of being capable of being extended.
- Extension (noun): The act of extending or the state of being extended.
- Extensive (adjective): Covering a large area; having a wide scope or range.
- Extent (noun): The degree to which something extends; the range or scope.