extend
verb [I + adv/prep] (INCLUDE) /ɪkˈstend/Definition
› to include or affect someone or something: Parking restrictions do not extend to disabled people. Her new-found tolerance does not extend to single mothers. The invitation did not extend to family members.Including and containingComprising and consisting ofAffecting and influencing
(Definition of extend verb (INCLUDE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- assimilate verb (JOIN)
- build sth in/into sth phrasal verb
- carry verb (HAVE)
- cast your net wide idiom
- catholic adjective
- concern verb (INVOLVE)
- concerned adjective (INVOLVED)
- embody verb
- embrace verb (INCLUDE)
- encompass verb
- enshrine verb
- factor sth in phrasal verb
- forget verb (NOT REMEMBER)
- number sb/sth among sb/sth phrasal verb
- o' preposition
- pack sth/sb in phrasal verb
- pepper sth with sth phrasal verb (INCLUDE)
- plug (sth/sb) into sth phrasal verb
- take sth in phrasal verb (INCLUDE)
- tinge verb
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