extend to
extend to — phrasal verb
- extend tobase form
- extends to3rd person singular
- extending to-ing form
- extended topast simple
1. When a rule, right, benefit, offer, or situation extends to a person or thing, i
When a rule, right, benefit, offer, or situation extends to a person or thing, it includes them or has an effect on them — for example, when a discount applies to family members, or a new law covers online businesses as well as physical shops.
The new safety rules extend to all employees in the factory, including temporary workers.
extend to + noun phrase for scope of coverage
Does the health insurance plan extend to dental check-ups and eye examinations?
interrogative: does [subject] extend to [object]?
Jiwoo's invitation for dinner extended to her colleagues from the marketing department.
The court ruled that the privacy law does not extend to messages on public computers.
Otis asked whether the student discount would extend to part-time evening programme students.
- exclude
the direct opposite — to deliberately leave out
文法句型
extend to + noun phrase
用法筆記
Subject is typically an abstract noun such as a rule, right, law, benefit, policy, offer, or invitation. Frequently used in legal, administrative, and formal contexts. The passive form is rare — usually the active structure [rule/benefit] extends to [person/thing] is preferred.
常見錯誤
2. When a physical object such as a road, rope, shadow, or piece of land stretches
When a physical object such as a road, rope, shadow, or piece of land stretches far enough to reach or touch something else — for example, a cable reaching a printer across an office, or shade reaching a neighbour's fence; also used figuratively for personal qualities such as patience or kindness that reach as far as a particular limit.
The cable was long enough to extend to the printer across the office.
physical length: extend to [far point]
The shade from the old mango tree extends all the way to the neighbour's fence.
spatial range: extend all the way to [landmark]
Aoi's patience did not extend to the third hour of the delayed flight.
The forest path extends to the river, where a small wooden bridge crosses the water.
Nila's kindness extends to anyone in need, regardless of whether she knows them personally.
- reach
simpler and more common; can be used for both physical and abstract limits
- stretch to
more informal; often used for physical objects like fabric, tape, or elastic
- go as far as
common in everyday speech; emphasises the endpoint rather than the act of extending
- fall short of
implies a lack of sufficient length or capacity to include something
文法句型
extend to + noun phrase (physical or metaphorical limit)
用法筆記
Subject can be either a concrete noun (cable, path, shadow, rope) for physical reach or an abstract noun (patience, kindness, generosity) for metaphorical capacity. When used with concrete subjects, it often appears with length markers such as 'long enough', 'all the way', or 'far enough'.