extend

extend (from something) (to something)

to spread from one point to another point. The cloud of smoke extended from one end of town to the other. It extended to the end of the road from our front gate.

extend something to something 

1. . to lengthen something to reach something. We extended the antenna to its full length. Extend your arm to the wall and see how straight you can make it.

2. to push a stated deadline further into the future. I will extend the deadline to Friday. We cannot extend the due date to next month.

extend across something

to spread across something. The shadows extended across the whole land. The fog extended across the low-lying land.

See also: across

extend credit (to someone or a company) and extend someone or a company credit

to allow someone to purchase something on credit. I'm sorry, Mr. Smith, but because of your poor record of payment, we are no longer able to extend credit to you. Look at this letter, Jane. The store won't extend credit anymore.

See also: credit

extend one's sympathy (to someone)

to express sympathy to someone. (A very polite and formal way to tell someone that you are sorry about a misfortune.) Please permit me to extend my sympathy to you and your children. I'm very sorry to hear of the death of your husband. Let's extend our sympathy to Bill Jones, who is in the hospital with a broken leg. We should send him some flowers.

See also: sympathy

extend over someone or something

to spread over someone or something. The smoke extended over Tom and his friends, who were having a picnic. The cloud extended over the entire valley.

extend to someone or something

to reach all the way to someone or something. This policy extends to you also. The road extends to Los Angeles.