extension
1. a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt (Freq. 13)
- they applied for an extension of the loan
• Hypernyms:
delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
2. act of expanding in scope;
making more widely available (Freq. 10)
- extension of the program to all in need
• Derivationally related forms:
extend
• Hypernyms:
expansion, enlargement
• Hyponyms:
spread, spreading, stretch
3. the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
propagation
• Derivationally related forms:
propagate (for: propagation)
• Hypernyms:
dissemination, airing, public exposure, spreading
4. an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
extension service, university extension
• Hypernyms:
education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
• Part Meronyms:
extension course
5. act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
flexion
• Derivationally related forms:
extend
• Hypernyms:
stretching
• Hyponyms:
hyperextension
6. 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
• Syn:
filename extension, file name extension
• Hypernyms:
string
• Part Holonyms:
filename, file name, computer filename, computer file name
7. 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
• Syn:
reference, denotation
• Derivationally related forms:
extensional, denote (for: denotation), referent (for: reference), refer (for: reference)
• Hypernyms:
meaning, substance
8. 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
• Hypernyms:
property, dance
9. amount or degree or range to which something extends
- the wire has an extension of 50 feet
• Syn:
lengthiness, prolongation
• Derivationally related forms:
prolong (for: prolongation)
• Hypernyms:
longness
• Hyponyms:
coextension
10. an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
• Syn:
telephone extension, extension phone
• Hypernyms:
telephone, phone, telephone set
11. an addition to the length of something
• Syn:
elongation
• Derivationally related forms:
elongate (for: elongation)
• Hypernyms:
addition, add-on, improver
12. an addition that extends a main building
• Syn:
annex, annexe, wing
• Derivationally related forms:
annex (for: annex)
• Hypernyms:
addition, add-on, improver
• Hyponyms:
ell
• Part Holonyms:
building, edifice
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