extends

VERB

make larger, longer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

boost broaden continue develop enhance enlarge expand go on increase last lengthen open prolong spread stretch take widen

STRONG

aggrandize amplify augment crane dilate draw elongate heighten magnify mantle multiply pad protract stall supplement unfold unfurl unroll

WEAK

add to beef up carry on drag one's feet drag out draw out fan out let out prolongate run on spin out spread out string out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abbreviate abridge cease close compress decrease diminish discontinue end finish halt hide hinder lessen lose lower narrow reduce restrict shorten shrink stop

STRONG

constrict contract curtail degrade

WEAK

condense cut hold keep maintain take back

VERB

offer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance allocate give grant present reach out

STRONG

accord allot award bestow confer donate impart pose proffer submit tender yield

WEAK

bring forward hold out place at disposal put forth put forward stretch out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

keep refrain take withhold

STRONG

conceal deny disallow disapprove dissuade hide oppose refuse

WEAK

abridge condense contract curtail cut decrease hold lessen lower maintain shorten shrink take back

Example Sentences

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About 2,000 of these were delivered in their homes by internes or externes of the hospital.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vauquer took boarders who came for their meals; but these externes usually only came to dinner, for which they paid thirty francs a month.

From Father Goriot by Marriage, Ellen

Counting boarders and externes, Madame Héger's school numbered over a hundred pupils.

From Emily Brontë by Robinson, A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances)

So disturbed were the canons by the numbers of students in the cloister, that externes were to be no longer admitted, nor other schools allowed on the north side where the canons lodged.

From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine

Every one was very grave now; the externes went away, but no one came to fetch me, so I had to stay.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis