extends
Makes something longer
Extends means to stretch out or make longer in space, time, or scope.
A road extends to the horizon.
A deadline extends to Friday.
To extend a hand is to offer it in greeting or help.
Something that extends from a wall projects outward.
By extension, extends covers abstract stretching: a policy extends coverage to dependents, a coach extends an invitation to try out.
In programming, a class extends another when it inherits and builds upon its properties.
Extend in duration
- elongateTo make longer
- protractExtend duration unnecessarily
- stretchPull to extend
- sustainKeep something going continuously
perpetuate · drawn-out · prolongation · elongation · protraction · lengthen · drag out · spin out
Expand in scope
develop · unfold · escalate · intensify · magnify · enhance · inflate · swell
Pull to extend
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- stretchableCapable of being extended
pliable · elastic · springy · bendable · tensile · supple · ductile · malleable
Spread fully outward
- armUpper body limb
- craneLifter or wader
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
ladder · cantilever · boom · jib · antenna · tentacle · proboscis · appendage
Ordered succession of elements
- durationLength of existence
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
succession · progression · flow · uninterrupted · sustainability · perpetuity · steadiness · regularity
prolong
Extend in duration
sustain · perpetuate · drawn-out · prolongation · elongation · protraction · lengthen · drag out · spin out · string out
broaden
Expand in scope
augment · develop · unfold · escalate · intensify · magnify · enhance · inflate · swell · dilate
stretch
Pull to extend
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
stretchable · pliable · elastic · springy · bendable · tensile · supple · ductile · malleable · rebound
outstretch
Spread fully outward
telescope · ladder · cantilever · boom · jib · antenna · tentacle · proboscis · appendage · branch
sequence
Ordered succession of elements
- durationLength of existence
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- stabilityResistance to displacement
consistency · succession · progression · flow · uninterrupted · sustainability · perpetuity · steadiness · regularity · coherence
- programmingvariables, functions, for, function, debugger
- let downdisappoints, fails, betrays, abandons, deflates
- inheritanceinheritance, inheritances, heir, heirs, heiress
- Shoot-'Em-Upsbullet hell, side-scrolling, barrage, hitbox, grazing
extendscontracts
Enforceable written agreements
retracts · shortens · shrinks · withdraws · pulls back
extendsshortens
Reduces in length
curtails · cuts short · abbreviates · truncates · terminates
- extension cordFlexible electrical reach lengthener
- extended familyRelatives beyond parents, siblings
- extended familiesRelatives beyond parents and siblings
- to some extentPartially but not fully
- hair extensionsAttached artificial strands
- extended warrantyPurchased additional coverage period
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