extender

English

Etymology

From extend +‎ -er.

Pron

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

extender (plural extenders)

1. One who extends.
   • 1983 June 2, “'PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS' READY TO FILL A GAP THAT DIDN'T DEVELOP”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The public has learned to accept the services of physician extenders as a substitute for a qualified medical doctor, but the medical profession itself will, I daresay, continue to erect substantial barriers to any policy or effort that directly affects income.

   • 2010 November 10, John Caramanica, “Monopoly by Marc Jacobs”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     [Marc Jacobs] is a colonialist, an extender of brands, and in very good shape.

2. 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^[3]:

     “Flour” routinely contained crushed stone or gypsum as a cheap extender.

3. Any of various components designed to extend the length of a device.
4. 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.

5. (climbing) A runner, or quick-draw.
6. (linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".

Derived terms

• DOS extender
• physician extender
• range extender
• telextender

Translations

any of various components designed to extend the length of a device

• Spanish: alargador (es) m

Anagrams

• re-extend, reextend, reëxtend

Portuguese

Verb

extender (first-person singular present extendo, first-person singular preterite extendi, past participle extendido)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of estender; now a common misspelling.
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “O mundo coberto de pennas [The world covered in feathers]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 175:

     Não conseguiria nunca extender os ossos numa cama, o unico desejo que tinha.

     She would never be able to stretch her bones on a bed, her only wish.

Usage notes

This spelling coexisted with estender.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	extender
Personal	extender	extenderes	extender	extendermos	extenderdes	extenderem
Gerund
	extendendo
Past participle
Masculine	extendido			extendidos
Feminine	extendida			extendidas
Indicative
Present	extendo	extendes	extende	extendemos	extendeis	extendem
Imperfect	extendia	extendias	extendia	extendíamos	extendíeis	extendiam
Preterite	extendi	extendeste	extendeu	extendemos	extendestes	extenderam
Pluperfect	extendera	extenderas	extendera	extendêramos	extendêreis	extenderam
Future	extenderei	extenderás	extenderá	extenderemos	extendereis	extenderão
Conditional	extenderia	extenderias	extenderia	extenderíamos	extenderíeis	extenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	extenda	extendas	extenda	extendamos	extendais	extendam
Imperfect	extendesse	extendesses	extendesse	extendêssemos	extendêsseis	extendessem
Future	extender	extenderes	extender	extendermos	extenderdes	extenderem
Imperative
Affirmative		extende	extenda	extendamos	extendei	extendam
Negative (não)		não extendas	não extenda	não extendamos	não extendais	não extendam

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extendere, or modified from the Old Spanish estender, which may have been inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstenˈdeɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧ten‧der

Verb

extender (first-person singular present extiendo, first-person singular preterite extendí, past participle extendido)

1. to extend, to expand

   Synonym: expandir

2. to spread
3. to expand on
4. to stretch

   Synonym: estirar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			extender
gerund			extendiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		extendido		extendida
		plural		extendidos		extendidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	extiendo	extiendestú extendésvos	extiende	extendemos	extendéis	extienden
	imperfect	extendía	extendías	extendía	extendíamos	extendíais	extendían
	preterite	extendí	extendiste	extendió	extendimos	extendisteis	extendieron
	future	extenderé	extenderás	extenderá	extenderemos	extenderéis	extenderán
	conditional	extendería	extenderías	extendería	extenderíamos	extenderíais	extenderían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	extienda	extiendastú extendásvos2	extienda	extendamos	extendáis	extiendan
	imperfect (ra)	extendiera	extendieras	extendiera	extendiéramos	extendierais	extendieran
	imperfect (se)	extendiese	extendieses	extendiese	extendiésemos	extendieseis	extendiesen
	future1	extendiere	extendieres	extendiere	extendiéremos	extendiereis	extendieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		extiendetú extendévos	extienda	extendamos	extended	extiendan
	negative		no extiendas	no extienda	no extendamos	no extendáis	no extiendan

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.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive extender	dative	extenderme	extenderte	extenderle, extenderse	extendernos	extenderos	extenderles, extenderse
	accusative	extenderme	extenderte	extenderlo, extenderla, extenderse	extendernos	extenderos	extenderlos, extenderlas, extenderse
with gerund extendiendo	dative	extendiéndome	extendiéndote	extendiéndole, extendiéndose	extendiéndonos	extendiéndoos	extendiéndoles, extendiéndose
	accusative	extendiéndome	extendiéndote	extendiéndolo, extendiéndola, extendiéndose	extendiéndonos	extendiéndoos	extendiéndolos, extendiéndolas, extendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative extiende	dative	extiéndeme	extiéndete	extiéndele	extiéndenos	not used	extiéndeles
	accusative	extiéndeme	extiéndete	extiéndelo, extiéndela	extiéndenos	not used	extiéndelos, extiéndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative extendé	dative	extendeme	extendete	extendele	extendenos	not used	extendeles
	accusative	extendeme	extendete	extendelo, extendela	extendenos	not used	extendelos, extendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative extienda	dative	extiéndame	not used	extiéndale, extiéndase	extiéndanos	not used	extiéndales
	accusative	extiéndame	not used	extiéndalo, extiéndala, extiéndase	extiéndanos	not used	extiéndalos, extiéndalas
with first-person plural imperative extendamos	dative	not used	extendámoste	extendámosle	extendámonos	extendámoos	extendámosles
	accusative	not used	extendámoste	extendámoslo, extendámosla	extendámonos	extendámoos	extendámoslos, extendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative extended	dative	extendedme	not used	extendedle	extendednos	extendeos	extendedles
	accusative	extendedme	not used	extendedlo, extendedla	extendednos	extendeos	extendedlos, extendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative extiendan	dative	extiéndanme	not used	extiéndanle	extiéndannos	not used	extiéndanles, extiéndanse
	accusative	extiéndanme	not used	extiéndanlo, extiéndanla	extiéndannos	not used	extiéndanlos, extiéndanlas, extiéndanse

Derived terms

• extender la mano (“to reach out”)

Related terms

• extensión
• extenso

See also

• desplegar
• estirar

Further reading

• “extender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10