extending

noun

Misspelling of extent. [A range of values or locations.]

verb

(transitive) To cause to increase in extent.

(transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.

(intransitive) To increase in extent.

(intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.

(transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.

(transitive) To straighten (a limb).

To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.

(object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.

(intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.

(UK, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.

Roots

tendotend- · Latin · stretch

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