how to pronounce extend

/ɪkˈstɛnd/

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extend is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of extend in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… okay and you can extend that as as long …”

meaning of extend

Extend means to cause to go further or to make longer.

extend frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word extend occurs in english on average 13.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics extend can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that extend can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;