extend
• verb 1 make larger in area. 2 cause to last longer. 3 occupy a specified area or continue for a specified distance. 4 hold out (one’s hand or another part of one’s body) towards someone. 5 offer; make available. — DERIVATIVES extendability noun extendable adjective extendibility noun extendible adjective extensibility noun extensible adjective. — ORIGIN Latin extendere ‘stretch out’.
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