extension
Nouns
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(n) 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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(n) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- extension of the program to all in need
- (n) the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions propagation,
- (n) an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students extension service, university extension,
- (n) act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
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(n) amount or degree or range to which something extends
- the wire has an extension of 50 feet
- (n) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line extension phone, telephone extension,
- (n) an addition to the length of something elongation,
- (n) an addition that extends a main building annex, annexe, wing,