extension
/ɪkstˈɛnʃʌn/
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Definitions
Noun
a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; "they applied for an extension of the loan"
Noun
act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need"
Noun
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
Noun
an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
Noun
act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
Noun
a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"
Noun
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars'' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
Noun
the ability to raise the working leg high in the air; "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"; "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability"
Noun
amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"
Noun
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
Noun
an addition to the length of something
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an addition that extends a main building
Synonyms
annex
annexe
denotation
elongation
extension phone
extension service
file name extension
filename extension
lengthiness
prolongation
propagation
reference
telephone extension
university extension
wing
More General Terms
addition
add-on
airing
dance
delay
didactics
dissemination
education
educational activity
enlargement
expansion
hold
improver
instruction
longness
meaning
pedagogy
phone
postponement
property
public exposure
spreading
stretching
string
substance
teaching
telephone
telephone set
time lag
wait