EXTENSION

• (noun) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available

  "extension of the program to all in need"

• (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

  synonyms : extension service , university extension

• (noun) an addition that extends a main building

  synonyms : annex , annexe , wing

  The family shifted to the annex while their house was being painted. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) an addition to the length of something

  synonyms : elongation

• (noun) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

  synonyms : extension phone , telephone extension

• (noun) amount or degree or range to which something extends

  "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"

  synonyms : lengthiness , prolongation

• (noun) 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"

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : denotation , reference

• (noun) the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

  synonyms : propagation

• (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

  "most applications provide extensions for the files they create", "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"

  synonyms : file name extension , filename extension

• (noun) 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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