# extend

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɛkˈstɛnd/ · frequency rank #4,016

## Definitions
1. To increase in extent.
2. To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
3. To cause to increase in extent.
4. To cause to last for a longer period of time.
5. To straighten (a limb).
6. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
7. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
8. To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
9. Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
10. To reenlist for a further period.

## Etymology
From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“to stretch out”).

## Easily confused with
- **extent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extend-vs-extent)
- **extends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extend-vs-extends)
- **extended** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extend-vs-extended)
- **extender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extend-vs-extender)
- **eaten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-extend)
- **expand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expand-vs-extend)
- **exceed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceed-vs-extend)
- **extant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extant-vs-extend)
- **expend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expend-vs-extend)

## Common misspellings (9)
`etxend`, `exetnd`, `extedn`, `extendd`, `extennd`, `extned`, `exttend`, `exxtend`, `xetend`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/extend