Extend synonyms and antonyms
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To make larger; increase in size, volume, extent, etc.; broaden; expand
To lie fully extended
To prolong is to make something last longer.
To prolong:
increase (related)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
reach (related)
(Informal) To grasp and hand over to another:
To be extended or enlarged:
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Made longer; extended.
The definition of accord is to come to a compromise or agreement.
(Intransitive) To become darker or more intense
lower (antonym)
To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of
(Idiomatic, usually with on) To withhold something.
keep (antonym)
To raise:
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maintain (antonym)
To defend or hold against criticism or attack:
hold (antonym)
To keep from departing or getting away:
To draw out; lengthen in duration; prolong
To open up or out; unfold:
To move or cause a current of (air) with or as if with a fan.
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To become open
To stretch beyond
To open (anything covered or closed); to lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development.
To present to view; display
To get (a play, film, TV program, etc.) ready for presentation to the public
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To make or become broad or broader.
(Informal) To urinate or defecate:
To pass or go through; live:
To move or go quickly or hurriedly:
To vary is to change, to cause something to change or to differ in some way from something or someone else.
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To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate:
To make larger or more powerful; increase.
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
To boost is defined as to raise, push higher, increase or promote.
To establish a basis for; found or ground:
(Idiomatic) To strengthen.
The definition of burgeon means to grow or blossom.
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To increase in intensity, extent, or amount:
To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process:
To cause to seem or appear larger than is really so; increase the apparent size of, esp. by means of a lens or lenses
To go upward; rise:
(Intransitive) To grow in number.
To increase in number or spread rapidly.
To increase in intensity, force, or speed:
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(Idiomatic) To accumulate a debt.
(Intransitive) To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.
To rise or fly high into the air
(Idiomatic) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to
To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
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A preliminary offering, specifically with regard to testimony or evidence, a preview of what will be said or shown. Also known as an offer of proof.
To freely choose to enter or offer to enter into any service; enlist
To furnish the means of support
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come forward with
lay at someone's feet
lay before
place (or put) at one's disposal
move (related)
To change posture or position; stir:
long (related)
Beyond a given boundary, limit, or goal:
continue (related)
To carry on; persist in:
thrust or extend out
To be subjected to great stress:
Gallop is defined as to hurry or move quickly.
To allow to go by or elapse; spend:
poke-out
reach outward in space
(Intransitive) to make more friends, to increase one's group of friends or acquaintances.
consolidate (related)
incorporate (related)
enhance (related)
restrict (related)
strengthen (related)
integrate (related)
To thrust (something) out or forth; cause to protrude.
go as far as
To occupy space to a given point
To commit adultery.
(Intransitive) To stick out from (a surface).
To arrive or appear
To speak or write in detail (on or upon a subject)
To show (images or information) on a screen.
To concede; acknowledge:
extend in scope or range or area
(Intransitive) to stick out
To make perpetual; cause to continue or be remembered; preserve from oblivion
To convey an impression of to an audience or to others:
To push or thrust outward:
To turn (livestock) onto an extensive area of open land for grazing.
To extend, stretch, reach, or pass over or across
To provide a supplement to; add to, esp. so as to make up for a lack or deficiency
To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen.
abridge (antonym)
The definition of abridge is to reduce or condense the size or scope.
contract (antonym)
To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
shrink (antonym)
To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle:
lessen (antonym)
The definition of lessen is to diminish or to cause something to be diminished or reduced.
curtail (antonym)
To cut short or reduce:
condense (antonym)
To change (a substance) to a denser form, as from a gas to a liquid
To cause (a tone, chord, etc.) to increase in loudness
Synonym Study
- Prolong and protract both primarily imply an extending in time, prolong suggesting continuation beyond the usual or expected time, and protract a being drawn out needlessly or wearingly
- Elongate is a synonym for lengthen in the spatial sense and is more commonly used in technical applications
- Extend and lengthen both imply a making longer in space or time, but extend, in addition, may signify an enlarging in area, scope, influence, meaning, etc.
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