extension

Speech parts

1. extension - Noun

2. extension - Verb

Meaning

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.

Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.

The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.

A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

annex prolongation denotation appendix addition growth increase reference expansion extent wing delay supplement propagation continuation
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Antonyms

shortening flexion crouch whittle exodus dart
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Hypernyms

addition education meaning property hold dance

Hyponyms

ell spread spreading stretch coextension hyperextension

Phrases with the word

By extension extension of the cities extension of towns extension of urban space telephone extension extension of the narrative

Examples

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation. Anthony Sampson

In this electronic age we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness. Marshall McLuhan

The fundamental sense of freedom is freedom from chains, from imprisonment, from enslavement by others. The rest is extension of this sense, or else metaphor. Isaiah Berlin

Your source material is the people you know, not those you don't know, [but] every character is an extension of the author's own personality. Edward Albee

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am. Joan Jett

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process. Tadao Ando

Close letter words and terms

extensin extensiometer extensiometry extension agent extension block extension box