Etymology
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extend + -er
extender (plural extenders)
- Any of various substances designed to extend any of several properties of a material.
2018 November, Deborah Blum, “When Milk Was Full of Calf Brains”, in The Atlantic[1]:“Flour” routinely contained crushed stone or gypsum as a cheap extender.
- Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
- Any substance added to food to bulk it out, with a higher protein content than a filler.
Soy protein is used as a meat extender.
- (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw.
- (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".
Derived terms
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Translations
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any of various components designed to extend the length of a device
Anagrams
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Portuguese
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin extendere, or modified from the Old Spanish estender, which may have been inherited.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /eɡstenˈdeɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ex‧ten‧der
extender (first-person singular present extiendo, first-person singular preterite extendí, past participle extendido)
- to extend, to expand
- Synonym: expandir
- to spread
- to expand on
- to stretch
- Synonym: estirar
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of extender (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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2nd person
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with infinitive extender
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dative
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extenderme
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extenderte
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extenderle, extenderse
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extendernos
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extenderos
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extenderles, extenderse
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accusative
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extenderme
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extenderte
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extenderlo, extenderla, extenderse
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extendernos
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extenderos
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extenderlos, extenderlas, extenderse
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with gerund extendiendo
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dative
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extendiéndome
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extendiéndote
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extendiéndole, extendiéndose
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extendiéndonos
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extendiéndoos
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extendiéndoles, extendiéndose
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accusative
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extendiéndome
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extendiéndote
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extendiéndolo, extendiéndola, extendiéndose
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extendiéndonos
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extendiéndoos
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extendiéndolos, extendiéndolas, extendiéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative extiende
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dative
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extiéndeme
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extiéndete
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extiéndele
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extiéndenos
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not used
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extiéndeles
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accusative
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extiéndeme
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extiéndete
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extiéndelo, extiéndela
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extiéndenos
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not used
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extiéndelos, extiéndelas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative extendé
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dative
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extendeme
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extendete
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extendele
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extendenos
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not used
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extendeles
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accusative
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extendeme
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extendete
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extendelo, extendela
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extendenos
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not used
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extendelos, extendelas
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with formal second-person singular imperative extienda
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dative
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extiéndame
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not used
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extiéndale, extiéndase
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extiéndanos
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not used
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extiéndales
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accusative
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extiéndame
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not used
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extiéndalo, extiéndala, extiéndase
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extiéndanos
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not used
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extiéndalos, extiéndalas
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with first-person plural imperative extendamos
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dative
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not used
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extendámoste
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extendámosle
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extendámonos
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extendámoos
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extendámosles
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accusative
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not used
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extendámoste
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extendámoslo, extendámosla
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extendámonos
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extendámoos
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extendámoslos, extendámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative extended
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dative
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extendedme
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not used
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extendedle
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extendednos
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extendeos
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extendedles
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accusative
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extendedme
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not used
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extendedlo, extendedla
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extendednos
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extendeos
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extendedlos, extendedlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative extiendan
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dative
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extiéndanme
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not used
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extiéndanle
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extiéndannos
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not used
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extiéndanles, extiéndanse
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accusative
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extiéndanme
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not used
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extiéndanlo, extiéndanla
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extiéndannos
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not used
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extiéndanlos, extiéndanlas, extiéndanse
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