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1. | [ noun ] (finance) a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt | |
Examples: | "they applied for an extension of the loan" |
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Related terms: | delay | |
2. | [ noun ] act of expanding in scope; making more widely available | |
Examples: | : "extension of the program to all in need" |
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Related terms: | expansion stretch spread widen | |
3. | [ noun ] the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions | |
Synonyms: | propagation | |
Related terms: | dissemination propagate | |
4. | [ noun ] (education) an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students | |
Synonyms: | university_extension extension_service | |
Related terms: | education extension_course | |
5. | [ noun ] act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb | |
Related terms: | contraction flexion stretching hyperextension stretch | |
6. | [ noun ] the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to | |
Synonyms: | reference denotation | |
Examples: | "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" |
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Related terms: | meaning denote | |
7. | [ noun ] (fine art,dance) the ability to raise the working leg high in the air | |
Examples: | "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension" "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability" |
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Related terms: | property dance | |
8. | [ noun ] an addition to the length of something | |
Synonyms: | elongation | |
Related terms: | addition elongate | |
9. | [ noun ] (computer science) a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename | |
Synonyms: | filename_extension file_name_extension | |
Examples: | "most applications provide extensions for the files they create" "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS" |
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Related terms: | string computer_file_name | |
10. | [ noun ] amount or degree or range to which something extends | |
Synonyms: | prolongation lengthiness | |
Examples: | : "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" |
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Related terms: | longness prolong | |
11. | [ noun ] (telecommunications) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line | |
Synonyms: | telephone_extension extension_phone | |
Related terms: | telephone | |
12. | [ noun ] an addition that extends a main building | |
Synonyms: | annexe wing annex | |
Related terms: | addition ell ell building | |
Similar spelling: |
extensional extenuation extent extensive extensile extend extensible extensively extensor extended extenuate extend_to extendible extendable extenuating |