extension

Meaning of extension

noun
  1. a part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it.
    the railway's southern extension
  2. a length of electric cable which permits the use of appliances at some distance from a fixed socket.
  3. a subsidiary telephone on the same line as the main one.
    you can listen on the extension in the bedroom
  4. the action of moving a limb from a bent to a straight position.
    seizures with sudden rigid extension of the limbs
  5. denoting instruction by a university or college arranged for people who are not full-time students.
    a postgraduate extension course
  6. the range of a term or concept as measured by the objects which it denotes or contains.
  7. the property of occupying space.
    nature, for Descartes, was pure extension in space

late Middle English: from late Latin extensio(n- ), from extendere ‘stretch out’ (see extend).

Information about extension

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of extension is: extensions.
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Hyphenation of extension

ex-ten-sion

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • extension is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

extension synonyms

Meaning propagation:

propagation

Meaning reference:

reference, denotation

Meaning lengthiness:

lengthiness, prolongation

Meaning elongation:

elongation

Meaning annex:

annex, annexe, wing

Meaning a person or thing added or joined:

addition

Meaning a thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part:

adjunct

Meaning an item of additional material added at the end of a book or other publication:

addendum

Meaning the action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount:

augmentation

Meaning a thing added to something else in order to complete or enhance it:

supplement

Meaning a thing that is added or attached to something larger or more important:

appendage

Meaning a section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document:

appendix

Meaning a former measure of length (equivalent to six hand breadths) used mainly for textiles, locally variable but typically about 45 inches in England and 37 inches in Scotland:

ell

Translation of extension

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