extension
noun
1 extension
A mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt.
Roget 194:
expansion;
increase of size
etc.
35;
enlargement,
extension,
augmentation;
amplification,
ampliation†;
aggrandizement,
spread,
increment,
growth,
development,
pullulation,
swell,
dilation,
rarefaction;
turgescence†,
turgidness,
turgidity;
dispansion†;
obesity
etc.
(size)
192;
hydrocephalus,
hydrophthalmus [Med.];
dropsy,
tumefaction,
intumescence,
swelling,
tumor,
diastole,
distension;
puffing,
puffiness;
inflation;
pandiculation†.
dilatability,
expansibility.
germination,
growth,
upgrowth†;
accretion
etc.
35;
budding,
gemmation†.
overgrowth,
overdistension†;
hypertrophy,
tympany†.
bulb
etc.
(convexity)
250;
plumper;
superiority of size.
[expansion of the universe]
big bang;
Hubble constant.
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Roget 35:
increase,
augmentation,
enlargement,
extension;
dilatation
etc.
(expansion)
194;
increment,
accretion;
accession
etc.
37;
development,
growth;
aggrandizement,
aggravation;
rise;
ascent
etc.
305;
exaggeration exacerbation;
spread
etc.
(dispersion)
73;
flood tide;
gain,
produce,
product,
profit.
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Roget 21:
copy,
facsimile,
counterpart,
effigies,
effigy,
form,
likeness.
image,
picture,
photo,
xerox,
similitude,
semblance,
ectype†,
photo offset,
electrotype;
imitation
etc.
19;
model,
representation,
adumbration,
study;
portrait
etc.
(representation)
554;
resemblance.
duplicate,
reproduction;
cast,
tracing;
reflex,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
shadow,
echo.
transcript
[copy into a non-visual form],
transcription;
recording,
scan.
chip off the old block;
reprint,
new printing;
rechauffe [Fr.];
apograph†,
fair copy.
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty,
travestie†,
paraphrase.
[copy with some differences]
derivative,
derivation,
modification,
expansion,
extension,
revision;
second edition
etc.
(repetition)
104.
servile copy,
servile imitation;
plagiarism,
counterfeit,
fake
etc.
(deception)
545;
pasticcio†.
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Roget 180:
space,
extension,
extent,
superficial extent,
expanse,
stretch,
hyperspace;
room,
scope,
range,
field,
way,
expansion,
compass,
sweep,
swing,
spread.
dimension,
length
etc.
200;
distance
etc.
196;
size
etc.
192;
volume;
hypervolume.
latitude,
play,
leeway,
purchase,
tolerance,
room for maneuver.
spare room,
elbow room,
house room;
stowage,
roomage†,
margin;
opening,
sphere,
arena.
open space,
free space;
void
etc.
(absence)
187;
waste;
wildness,
wilderness;
moor,
moorland;
campagna†.
abyss
etc.
(interval)
198;
unlimited space;
infinity
etc.
105;
world;
ubiquity
etc.
(presence)
186;
length and breadth of the land.
proportions,
acreage;
acres,
acres and perches,
roods and perches,
hectares,
square miles;
square inches,
square yards,
square centimeters,
square meters,
yards
(clothing)
&c.;
ares,
arpents†.
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2 extension
Act of expanding in scope; making more widely available.
3 extension
The spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions.
synonym: propagation.
Polish: rozpropagowanie
4 extension
5 extension
Act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb.
Dutch: toestel, uitbreiding, verlenging
6 extension
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.
synonyms: file name extension, filename extension.
Dutch: toestelnummer
7 extension
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.
synonyms: denotation, reference.
Dutch: beschrijving, betekenis, aanduiding, denotatie
8 extension
The ability to raise the working leg high in the air.
9 extension
Amount or degree or range to which something extends:
— The wire has an extension of 50 feet.
synonyms: lengthiness, prolongation.
Roget 200:
length,
longitude,
span;
mileage;
distance
etc.
196.
line,
bar,
rule,
stripe,
streak,
spoke,
radius.
lengthening
etc.
v.;
prolongation,
production,
protraction;
tension,
tensure†;
extension.
[Measures of length]
line,
nail,
inch,
hand,
palm,
foot,
cubit,
yard,
ell,
fathom,
rood,
pole,
furlong,
mile,
league;
chain,
link;
arpent†,
handbreadth†,
jornada [U.S.],
kos†,
vara†.
[astronomical units of distance]
astronomical unit,
AU,
light-year,
parsec.
[metric units of length]
nanometer,
nm,
micron,
micrometer,
millimicron,
millimeter,
mm,
centimeter,
cm,
meter,
kilometer,
km.
pedometer,
perambulator;
scale
etc.
(measurement)
466.
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10 extension
11 extension
An addition to the length of something.
synonym: elongation.
12 extension
An addition that extends a main building.
synonyms: annex, annexe, wing.
Dutch: bijgebouw, uitbouw, aanhangsel, bijlage, vleugel, zijvleugel
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