0 present participle of extend
2 to stretch something out:
4 to offer or give something to someone:
The chairperson extended a warm welcome to the guest speaker.
The government is extending aid to people who have been affected by the earthquake.
[ + two objects ] The bank has agreed to extend us money/extend money to us (= lend us money) to buy our house.
5 to include or affect someone or something:
Parking restrictions do not extend to disabled people.
The invitation did not extend to family members.
They planned to extend the car park, freeing existing parking spaces for visitors.
We had to wait months for the council to approve our plans to extend the house.
The deadline for applications is being extended, in part because of the postal strike.
Our property extends as far as that line of trees over there.
Extending the time duration of plume removal beyond 10 ms does not result in a significant decrease in energy.
The results from the second were based on verbal actions, which were seen as extending and clarifying behavioural actions.
Extending our work to consider other kinds of utility functions without that link would be useful. 10.