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extend
verb (INCREASE) /ɪkˈstend/Definition
B2 [T] to add to something in order to make it bigger or longer: We have plans to extend our house (= to make it bigger). The government has produced a series of leaflets designed to extend (= increase) public awareness of the dangers of AIDS. We're planning to extend our publishing of children's books (= increase it).Stretching the bodyBecoming biggerEnlarging and inflating B2 [T] to make something last longer: The pub has recently extended its opening hours (= made them longer). I need to extend my visa (= make it last longer).Stretching the bodyBecoming biggerEnlarging and inflating
(Definition of extend verb (INCREASE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Also, extra, and in addition
- Augmenting and supplementing
- Available and accessible
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- Big and quite big
- Enlarging and inflating
- Enormous
- Enough
- Extremely small
- General words for size and amount
- Increasing and intensifying
- Large in number or quantity
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- Things collected in lines or rings
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SMART Thesaurus: Becoming bigger
Synonyms and related words:
- accrual noun
- accrue verb
- balloon verb
- billow verb
- bloat verb
- bloated adjective (SWOLLEN)
- broaden out phrasal verb
- build (sb/sth) up phrasal verb
- enlarge verb
- enlargement noun
- expansion noun
- extend verb (REACH)
- extend verb (STRETCH)
- grow up phrasal verb (CITY)
- lengthen verb
- outgrow verb (SIZE)
- puff sth up phrasal verb
- puff up phrasal verb
- stretch verb (MAKE LONGER)
- swell verb
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