English dictionary
extension
nounPronunciation
ɪkˈstɛnʃən
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
noun
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
noun
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
noun
- an addition that extends a main building
noun
- an addition to the length of something
noun
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
noun
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
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- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
noun
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
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- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
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
noun
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
Example sentences
extension of the program to all in need
the wire has an extension of 50 feet
the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension
good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability
the extension of ‘satellite of Mars’ is the set containing only Demos and Phobos
most applications provide extensions for the files they create
most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS
they applied for an extension of the loan