extend

tsawaita, miƙa, bada

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) extend

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) extends

Past tense (ya wuce) extended

Past participle (ya wuce) extended

Present participle (ana cikin yi) extending

1. (transitive) If you extend something, you make it longer. <> ƙara lokaci ko tsawo, tsawaita.

   Guineans head to the polls on Sunday in a tense election in which octogenarian President Alpha Conde is seeking to extend his rule.
   'Yan ƙasar Guinea za su yi zaɓe ranar Lahadi, inda shugaba Alpha Conde, mai yawan shekaru, ke neman tsawaita mulkin sa. --voa60/2020-10-15

2. (intransitive) If something extends from x to y, it covers all the time or space in between. <> miƙa.

   The Alps extend from France to Austria.

   The middle ages extended from ancient to modern times.

3. If you extend something, you offer it. <> bada.

   I would like to extend to you an invitation to the party.

4. to extend credit <> lamunta [1]

   they extended me ₦20,000 credit
   sun lā̀mùncē nì nairā̀ dubū àshìrin

Synonyms

• stretch
• expand
• enlarge
• increase
• lengthen
• widen
• develop

Related words

• extendible (adjective)
• extensible (adjective)
• extension