Collocations for "extend"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "extend" in context.
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extend
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- extend a [greeting, salutation, welcome, hand] (to)
- extend a [warning, caution, message]
- extend a [warm, helping] hand
- extend our [thanks, gratitude, appreciation]
- extend our [deepest, sincere]
- extend our [deepest] [sympathies, condolences] (to)
- extend an olive branch
- extend the [period, due date, deadline] (for)
- extend the [range, scope, reach, life] of
- extend your [knowledge, understanding]
- extend [aid, support, loans, grants]
- extend their [stay, time, vacation]
- will extend through [December, the winter]
- will extend for another [3 weeks]
- extends as far as [the eye can see, Eastern Europe]
- extend beyond the [borders, reaches, imagination, understanding] of
- extend past the [borders]
- extend the [building, highway, road]
- extend by [2 miles]
- extended [beyond, out of] sight
- extend [credit, a loan] to
- extended to [include, cover, incorporate]
- extends to [accommodate, allow for, give, offer]
- [extends, doesn't extend] to [members, students, the unemployed]
- [table, ladder, belt] (that) can be extended
- [table] (that) extends to [seat 10, 96 inches]
- extend your [fingers, leg, hand]
'extend' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):