extend vs offer what difference
what is difference between extend and offer
English
Etymology
From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extendō (“I stretch out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛkˈstɛnd/
- Rhymes: -ɛnd
- Hyphenation: ex‧tend
Verb
extend (third-person singular simple present extends, present participle extending, simple past and past participle extended)
- (intransitive) To increase in extent.
- (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- The desert extended for miles in all directions.
- (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
- (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
- (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- to extend sympathy to the suffering
- to extend credit to a valued customer
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of G. P. Burnham to this entry?)
- 1897, Alonzo Lewis, James Robinson Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts (page 155)
- […] the exalted morality of those virtuous brethren in the trade who, with consciences as weak as their own “extended” liquors, sought to convince him that to reduce the drink was a mercy to the poor deluded toper.
- (Britain, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- Synonym: inherit
- (intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.
- 1993, The Leatherneck (volume 76, page xxxvi)
- Two years later, back to amtracs, this time at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and I liked it so much I extended.
- 1993, The Leatherneck (volume 76, page xxxvi)
Synonyms
- enlarge
- expand
- increase
- lengthen
- stretch
- widen
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- dentex
English
Alternative forms
- offre (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒfə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːfə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔfɚ/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑfɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɒfə(ɹ), -ɔːfə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: of‧fer
Etymology 1
From Middle English offer, from Old English offrian (“offer or make a sacrifice”) rather than from Old French offre (“offer”), from offrir (“to offer”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bring before”). Compare North Frisian offer (“sacrifice, donation, fee”), Dutch offer (“offering, sacrifice”), German Opfer (“victim, sacrifice”), Danish offer (“victim, sacrifice”), Icelandic offr (“offering”). See verb below.
Noun
offer (plural offers)
- A proposal that has been made.
- Something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered.
- (law) An invitation to enter into a binding contract communicated to another party which contains terms sufficiently definite to create an enforceable contract if the other party accepts the invitation.
Derived terms
- make an offer
Descendants
- → Tokelauan: ofo
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English offren, offrien, from Old English offrian (“to offer, sacrifice, bring an oblation”), from Latin offerō (“to present, bestow, bring before”, literally “to bring to”), from Latin ob + ferō (“bring, carry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, *bʰrē- (“to carry, bear”), later reinforced by Old French offrir (“to offer”). Cognate with Old Frisian offria (“to offer”), Old Dutch offrōn (“to offer”), German opfern (“to offer”), Old Norse offra (“to offer”). More at ob-, bear.
Verb
offer (third-person singular simple present offers, present participle offering, simple past and past participle offered)
- (intransitive) To propose or express one’s willingness (to do something).
- (transitive) To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal of; to suggest.
- (transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down.
- (transitive) To present (something) to God or gods as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Exodus xxix. 36
- Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Exodus xxix. 36
- (transitive, engineering) To place (something) in a position where it can be added to an existing mechanical assembly.
- (transitive) To bid, as a price, reward, or wages.
- (intransitive) To happen, to present itself.
- The occasion offers, and the youth complies.
- (obsolete) To make an attempt; typically used with at.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- I will not offer at that I cannot master.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- (transitive) To put in opposition to; to manifest in an offensive way; to threaten.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to-infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Related terms
- offering
- offertory
- oblate
- oblation
Translations
Etymology 3
off + -er
Noun
offer (plural offers)
- (used in combinations from phrasal verbs) agent noun of off
Anagrams
- offre, reffo
Danish
Noun
offer n (singular definite ofret or offeret, plural indefinite ofre)
- sacrifice
- victim
Inflection
Derived terms
- slagteoffer
- ofre
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔfər/
- Hyphenation: of‧fer
- Rhymes: -ɔfər
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch offere, from Old Dutch [Term?].
Noun
offer n (plural offers, diminutive offertje n)
- sacrifice
- victim
Derived terms
- brandoffer
- offeren
- plengoffer
- reukoffer
- slachtoffer
- zoenoffer
Descendants
- Negerhollands: offer
- → Papiamentu: offer (dated)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
offer
- first-person singular present indicative of offeren
- imperative of offeren
Latin
Verb
offer
- second-person singular present active imperative of offerō
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse offr
Noun
offer n (definite singular offeret, indefinite plural offer or ofre, definite plural ofra or ofrene)
- a sacrifice
- a victim, a casualty
Derived terms
- dødsoffer
- selvmordsoffer
References
- “offer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse offr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔfɛr/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
offer n (definite singular offeret, indefinite plural offer, definite plural offera)
- a sacrifice
- a victim, a casualty
Derived terms
- dødsoffer
References
- “offer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse offr.
Pronunciation
Noun
offer n
- sacrifice
- victim
Declension
Derived terms
References
- offer in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- offer in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- offer in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- offer in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- offer in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 2:1: M-T
Anagrams
- Roffe
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin offerenda.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɔfɛr/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɔfar/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈoːfɛr/, /ˈɔfɛr/
Noun
offer f (plural offerau or offeriau or offrau)
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