Dictionary entry details
• EXTENSION (noun)
Meaning:
A mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Context example:
they applied for an extension of the loan
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
delay; hold; postponement; time lag; wait (time during which some action is awaited)
Meaning:
Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
extension of the program to all in need
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
enlargement; expansion (the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extension"):
spread; spreading (act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time)
stretch (extension to or beyond the ordinary limit)
Meaning:
The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
propagation; extension
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
airing; dissemination; public exposure; spreading (the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate)
Meaning:
An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
extension service; university extension; extension
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)
Meronyms (parts of "extension"):
extension course (a course offered as part of an extension service)
Meaning:
Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
stretching (act of expanding by lengthening or widening)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extension"):
hyperextension (greater than normal extension)
Antonym:
flexion (act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased)
Meaning:
A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
file name extension; filename extension; extension
Context examples:
most applications provide extensions for the files they create / most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
string (a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases))
Holonyms ("extension" is a part of...):
computer file name; computer filename; file name; filename ((computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file)
Meaning:
The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
denotation; reference; extension
Context example:
the extension of 'satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
meaning; substance (the idea that is intended)
Meaning:
The ability to raise the working leg high in the air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context examples:
the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension / good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
dance (an artistic form of nonverbal communication)
Meaning:
Amount or degree or range to which something extends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
lengthiness; prolongation; extension
Context example:
the wire has an extension of 50 feet
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
longness (the property of being of long spatial extent)
Meaning:
An additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
telephone extension; extension phone; extension
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
phone; telephone; telephone set (electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds)
Meaning:
An addition to the length of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
elongation; extension
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
add-on; addition; improver (a component that is added to something to improve it)
Meaning:
An addition that extends a main building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
annexe; annex; wing; extension
Hypernyms ("extension" is a kind of...):
add-on; addition; improver (a component that is added to something to improve it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extension"):
ell (an extension at the end and at right angles to the main building)
Holonyms ("extension" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
