to extend
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3.5
- verb
- /ɪkˈstɛnd/
- When you want people to come see you, you have to extend an actual invitation.
- extend thanks
- extend appreciation
- extend gratitude
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Watch on YouTubeWhy don't you just extend the olive branch?
- Why don't you just extend the olive branch?
- When you want people to come see you, you have to extend an actual invitation.
- And I think we just, nobody is extending the olive branch to the other.
- So my first impulse is never, how do I extend grace to this person?
- Then we move to more advanced compassion practice where we extend love across the world.
- Only question is that how much we are ready to extend your helping hand to other people.
- We want to be recognized by those who we also extend recognition to who we value.
- And it is a very solid document, and we would like to extend it to the whole government.
- It's really, truly forgiving and becoming at peace and really extending unconditional love to that person.
- That said, your compassion towards people is incomplete if it does not extend to yourself.
- However, it's just, it is not too much for me to extend that to other people.
- And then, Goldsberg says, it probably extends us the least attention possible.
Examples
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I wish to extend to each of you, and to each of your families, my best wishes for a happy Easter.
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We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to all the volunteers who helped today.
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Today we would like to extend a special welcome to our Flying Blue Sky team.
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We just wanted to extend a warm welcome.
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To all of them, my colleagues, I extend my recognition.
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I extend my best wishes to your families.
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We have every desire... ...to extend a helping hand to returning veterans... ...whenever possible.
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I'd like to extend a very special welcome to the great Mayor of Miami, my good friend, Donald Hernandez.
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I'd like to start by saying everybody at Nissan would like to extend their deepest condolences to the family of the deceased.
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The school plans to extend its support program to include more students this year.
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Make something available for people to use or buy
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Etymology
The word extend comes from the Latin extendere, built from ex- 'out' and tendere 'to stretch'. Think of stretching out your hand to give something, which is why you can 'extend' help, greetings, or an invitation.