extension

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/ɪkˈstɛnʃən/

noun 5

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(noun.) part added to a building

ADJ

planned, proposed | home, kitchen | one-storey, two-storey, etc.

VERB + EXTENSION

add, build

PREP

~ to

The library added a new wing as an extension to the original building.

(noun.) extra time

ADJ

one-week, two-year, etc.

VERB + EXTENSION

apply for, ask for, request

The student requested an extension on her essay because she was sick last week.

get, receive

He asked his boss if he could receive an extension on the project deadline.

give sb, grant sb

(noun.) making sth larger/taking sth further

ADJ

considerable, great, major, massive, significant | modest

further

The government announced a further extension of the deadline by two weeks.

general

gradual

The school's gradual extension of its sports facilities took place over five years.

hair

She decided to get hair extensions before her wedding to add more volume to her thin hair.

(noun.) taking an argument/a situation further

ADJ

logical, natural, obvious

Learning to cook simple meals is a natural extension of basic food safety knowledge.

PREP

by ~

If you dislike the movie, then by extension, you probably won't enjoy the sequel either.

Definitions

noun

The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.

Next month the house is undergoing an extension.

Due to the unforeseen circumstances, you are allowed an extension of two weeks to complete the task.

The state of being extended.

For station is properly no rest, but one kind of motion, relating unto that which physicians (from Galen) do name extensive or tonical; that is, an extension of the muscles and organs of motion, maintaining the body at length, or in its proper figure.

That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").

A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.

A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.

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Synonyms

noun — an addition that extends a main building

noun — an addition to the length of something

elongation

noun — amount or degree or range to which something extends

lengthiness
prolongation

noun — the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression

noun — the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new r

propagation

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Next month the house is undergoing an extension.

Wiktionary

Due to the unforeseen circumstances, you are allowed an extension of two weeks to complete the task.

Wiktionary

"Keep off Conductor Rails" said red-painted notices at the platform ends, for third-rails were laid in many places even where electric trains never normally ran, and there had been many rumours of imp

Wiktionary

The extension of summer vacation delighted the children.

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Grace goes to phone extension upstairs.

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May we therefore ask you for a two months' extension of credit?

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