extension
(noun)
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: time, delay, hold, postponement, wait
2. act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- extension of the program to all in need
Definition categories: act, enlargement, expansion
3. the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
Similar word(s): propagation
Definition categories: communication, airing, dissemination, spreading
4. an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
Definition categories: act, didactics, education, instruction, pedagogy, teaching
5. act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
Definition categories: act, stretching
6. 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
Definition categories: communication, string
7. 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
Similar word(s): denotation, reference
Definition categories: thought, meaning, substance
8. 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
Definition categories: attribute, property, dance
9. amount or degree or range to which something extends
- the wire has an extension of 50 feet
Similar word(s): lengthiness, prolongation
Definition categories: attribute, longness
10. an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
Definition categories: man–made, phone, telephone
11. an addition to the length of something
Similar word(s): elongation
Definition categories: man–made, addition, improver
12. an addition that extends a main building
Similar word(s): annex, annexe, wing
Definition categories: man–made, addition, improver
Sentences with extension as a noun:
- Files with the .txt extension usually contain text.
- a browser extension