"extend" meaning in English

See extend in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛkˈstɛnd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-extend.wav [UK] Forms: extend [canonical], extends [third-person, singular], extended [past], extended [past, participle], extending [present, participle]
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  1. If you extend something, you make it longer.
    Sense id: simple-extend-en-verb-L5FO-j49
  2. If something extends from x to y, it covers all the time or space in between.
    Sense id: simple-extend-en-verb-IkLe-e0r Categories (other): Verbs
  3. If you extend something, you offer it
    Sense id: simple-extend-en-verb-byNmaMy2
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