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English Idioms :: extend one's sympathy to
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extend.html - {v. phr.} To offer one's condolences on the occasion of a death or similarly tragic event. * /All of Tom's colleagues extended their sympathy to him when his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident./ |
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Traditional English :: extend
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extend.html - v. 1 tr. & intr. lengthen or make larger in space or time. 2 tr. stretch or lay out at full length. 3 intr. & tr. (foll. by to, over) reach or be or make continuous over a certain area. 4 intr. (foll. by to) have a certain scope (the permit does not extend to camping). 5 tr. offer or accord (an invitation, hospitality, kindness, etc.). 6 tr. (usu. refl. or in passive) tax the powers of (an athlete, horse, etc.) to the utmost. extended family a family including relatives living near. extended-play (of a gramophone record) playing for longer than most singles, usu. at 45 r.p.m. extendable adj. extendability n. extendible adj. extendibility n. extensible adj. extensibility n. [ME f. L extendere extens- or extent- stretch out (as EX-(1), tendere stretch)] |
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Traditional English :: extender
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extend.html - n. 1 a person or thing that extends. 2 a substance added to paint, ink, glue, etc., to dilute its colour or increase its bulk. |
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English Idioms :: extend one's sympathy to
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extend.html - {v. phr.} To offer one's condolences on the occasion of a death or similarly tragic event. * /All of Tom's colleagues extended their sympathy to him when his wife and daughter were killed in a car accident./ |
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Traditional English :: extend
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extend.html - v. 1 tr. & intr. lengthen or make larger in space or time. 2 tr. stretch or lay out at full length. 3 intr. & tr. (foll. by to, over) reach or be or make continuous over a certain area. 4 intr. (foll. by to) have a certain scope (the permit does not extend to camping). 5 tr. offer or accord (an invitation, hospitality, kindness, etc.). 6 tr. (usu. refl. or in passive) tax the powers of (an athlete, horse, etc.) to the utmost. extended family a family including relatives living near. extended-play (of a gramophone record) playing for longer than most singles, usu. at 45 r.p.m. extendable adj. extendability n. extendible adj. extendibility n. extensible adj. extensibility n. [ME f. L extendere extens- or extent- stretch out (as EX-(1), tendere stretch)] |
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Traditional English :: extender
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extend.html - n. 1 a person or thing that extends. 2 a substance added to paint, ink, glue, etc., to dilute its colour or increase its bulk. |
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