Extending can be categorized as a verb.
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| extend - expand the influence of; "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent" | ||
| extend - open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?" | ||
| extend - prolong the time allowed for payment of; "extend the loan" | ||
| extend - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" | ||
| extend - reach outward in space; "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk" | ||
| extend - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" | ||
| extend - lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer; "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight" | ||
| extend - extend in scope or range or area; "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard" | ||
| extend - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" | ||
| extend - extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body; "Stretch your legs!"; "Extend your right arm above your head" | ||
| extend - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" | ||
| extend - thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting" | ||
| extend - offer verbally; "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy" | ||
| extend - cause to move at full gallop; "Did you gallop the horse just now?" | ||
| extend - continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces" | ||
| extend - extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length; "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna" |
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| 1. | verb | Last year an organization named the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality was formed to get out the message that at least some people of faith are not opposed to extending the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage to same-gender couples. | |
| 2. | verb | In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future. | |
| 3. | verb | His company is extending its business. | |
| 4. | verb | Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. | |
| 5. | verb | Gooseberries are fruits that are effective at extending life. | |
| 6. | verb | Thank you for extending to me such a warm welcome. | |
| 7. | verb | Alchemists believed that the philosopher's stone was capable of extending a person's life. | |
| 8. | verb | Tom wanted to check the applicant's character reference before extending an offer. | |
| 9. | verb | Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep", and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. | |
| 10. | verb | She wore a faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat, extending down her back, were two braids of very thick, decidedly red hair. | |
| 11. | verb | Satellites provide information that has a significant impact on fields such as meteorology and climate science, as well as agriculture, thus improving crop yields and extending our scientific knowledge of the earth. | |
| 12. | verb | School closures due to inclement weather will necessitate extending the school year by three days. | |
| 13. | verb | Known to sailors around the world as the doldrums, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is a belt around the Earth extending approximately five degrees north and south of the equator. Here, the prevailing trade winds of the northern hemisphere blow to the southwest and collide with the southern hemisphere’s driving northeast trade winds. | |
| 14. | verb | Algiers is extending radially. | |
| 15. | verb | He's extending his lease here. |
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| Last year an organization named the North Carolina Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality was formed to get out the message that at least some people of faith are not opposed to extending the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage to same-gender couples. |
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| In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future. | |
| His company is extending its business. | |
| Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. | |
| Gooseberries are fruits that are effective at extending life. | |
| Thank you for extending to me such a warm welcome. | |
| Alchemists believed that the philosopher's stone was capable of extending a person's life. | |
| Tom wanted to check the applicant's character reference before extending an offer. | |
| Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep", and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. | |
| She wore a faded brown sailor hat and beneath the hat, extending down her back, were two braids of very thick, decidedly red hair. | |
| Satellites provide information that has a significant impact on fields such as meteorology and climate science, as well as agriculture, thus improving crop yields and extending our scientific knowledge of the earth. | |
| School closures due to inclement weather will necessitate extending the school year by three days. | |
| Known to sailors around the world as the doldrums, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is a belt around the Earth extending approximately five degrees north and south of the equator. Here, the prevailing trade winds of the northern hemisphere blow to the southwest and collide with the southern hemisphere’s driving northeast trade winds. | |
| Algiers is extending radially. | |
| He's extending his lease here. | |