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Meaning of 'extension' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Extension [ v. t.]
- The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
- That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
- Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
- The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
- A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

Meaning of 'extension' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . extension [ n]
Meaning (1):
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
Example in sentence:
  • extension of the program to all in need
Meaning (2):
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
Example in sentence:
  • good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability;
  • the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension
Meaning (3):
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
Example in sentence:
  • most applications provide extensions for the files they create;
  • most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS
Meaning (4):
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
Example in sentence:
  • the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos
Meaning (5):
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
Example in sentence:
  • the wire has an extension of 50 feet
Meaning (6):
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
Example in sentence:
  • they applied for an extension of the loan

Nearby Words:

extacy extance extancy extant extasy extatic extemporal extemporanean extemporaneous extemporarily

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