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Definition of extending : of Extend

Synonyms:

endless, radiating, continual, spanning, perpetual, drawn out to, continuous, running to, going on, ranging

elongating

delivering, funding, awarding, serving, consigning, doling, ascribing, helping, attributing, supplying, allotting, dispensing, assigning, assisting, sharing, pledging, devoting, showering, expending, lending, disbursing, paying, donating, allowing, contributing, bequeathing, providing, rationing, lavishing, furnishing, sending

stretching, engorging, swelling, thickening, distending, spreading, dilating, developing

prolonging, persevering, protracting, sustaining, maintaining, persisting, continuing, abiding

elevating, incrementing, raising, magnifying, upgrading, burgeoning, augmenting, heightening, multiplying, accruing, reinforcing, expanding, increasing, enlarging, advancing, inflating, boosting, maximizing, growing, broadening, fattening, widening, amplifying, adding, lengthening

endowing, citing, quoting, offering, issuing, attempting, granting, approaching, dealing, giving, submitting, inviting, imparting, bestowing, tendering, presenting, rendering, biding

Usage examples:

• In the morning of the same day about two hours after sunrise, when prayers were over, we saw the south- land straight ahead to the great joy of all of us; it was east of us, at about 3 or 5 miles' distance by estimation, when we got sight of it; it was a low- lying coast extending mainly N. N. E. and S. S. W. as given in the chart, so far as we could see. - "The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765", J. E. Heeres.
• " Good- night, fair prince," she repeated tenderly, extending her hand towards her lover once more, while throwing a look of proud defiance to Mistress de Chavasse. - "The Nest of the Sparrowhawk", Baroness Orczy.
• It has always seemed to aim at extending and ordering the mind content of children. - "The Child Under Eight", E.R. Murray and Henrietta Brown Smith.