Extension

Entry:extension
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
Synonyms:extension.
Sample Sentences:they applied for an extension of the loan.
Hypernym:delay, hold, postponement, time lag, wait.

Entry:extension
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
Synonyms:extension, propagation.
Hypernym:airing, dissemination, public exposure, spreading.
Derivationally related form:propagate, broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread.

Entry:extension
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
Synonyms:extension, extension service, university extension.
Hypernym:didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching.
Part meronym:extension course.

Entry:extension
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:1. a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters 2. the optional second part of a PC computer filename
Synonyms:extension, file name extension, filename extension.
Sample Sentences:1. most applications provide extensions for the files they create. 2. most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS.
Hypernym:string.
Part holonym:computer file name, computer filename, file name, filename.

Entry:extension
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:1. the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression 2. the class of objects that an expression refers to
Synonyms:denotation, extension, reference.
Sample Sentences:the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos.
Hypernym:meaning, substance.
Derivationally related form:extensional, denote, refer, referent, bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on, denote, refer.

Entry:extension
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
Synonyms:extension.
Sample Sentences:1. the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension. 2. good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability.
Hypernym:property, dance.

Entry:extension
Part of Speech:noun
Definition:an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
Synonyms:extension, extension phone, telephone extension.
Hypernym:phone, telephone, telephone set.

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