Dock and Extend

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Dock

Dock verb - To make less in extent or duration.
Usage example: the editorial was docked by about a hundred words to make it fit on the page
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Extend is an antonym for dock.
Nearby Words: docking, docked, dockage, dockyard, docker

Extend

Extend verb - To make longer.
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Antonyms for Extend
Dock is an antonym for extend.
Nearby Words: extended, extent, extensive, extension, extending
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Common collocations

points dock points extend points

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Alien: Isolation This becomes important later when the crew realize they can use that to dock the Torrens to Sevastopol if someone on the other side can extend its tug scaffolding, as the Sevastopol spaceport is too damaged to dock with.
    Source: Video Game / Alien: Isolation
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Extend and Dock. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dock/extend
Dock & Extend. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dock/extend>.
Extend or Dock. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dock/extend.

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