Extension (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Meaning 2
An addition to the length of something.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The contractor requested an extension to complete the project due to unforeseen weather conditions.
- The bank granted the borrower a six-month extension to repay the loan.
- The students asked for an extension on the assignment deadline because of a family emergency.
- The company was given a three-month extension to meet the regulatory requirements.
- The homeowner was granted a one-year extension to pay off the mortgage balance.
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Meaning 4
An addition that extends a main building.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 5
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".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 6
Amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 7
Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 8
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".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 9
The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions.
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 10
An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The office has several extensions that allow employees to answer calls from different rooms.
- She asked the receptionist to transfer the call to her extension so she could take it in private.
- The company installed a new phone system that allowed for up to 20 extensions per line.
- He picked up the phone and dialed the extension of his colleague to discuss the project.
- The hotel room had a phone with an extension in the bathroom for added convenience.
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Meaning 11
Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 12
An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.