nounπShareThe act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length or breadth; an increase"The library offered an extension on the due date for the overdue books. "actionamountprocessessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe state of being extended"The extension of the deadline gave the students more time to finish the project. "partconditionessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThat property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")"The extension cord allowed the student to plug in their laptop farther from the wall outlet. "spacephysicsbodymaterialessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA part of a building that has been extended from the original"The school added a new extension to the building to accommodate the growing student population. "architecturebuildingpropertypartessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareCapacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; β correlative of intension."The concept of "good citizenship" has a broad extension, encompassing many different actions and behaviors. "philosophylogiclinguisticsessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt."The bank granted an extension on the loan, giving Maria more time to repay the debt. "businessfinancelawessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line."The doctor performed an extension on the patient's broken arm to realign the bone fragments. "medicineanatomyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance."To strengthen her biceps, Sarah performed several arm extensions. "physiologybodyanatomysportactionessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward."The boxer's extension sent the opponent stumbling backward. "actionmilitaryweaponessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network."My phone number needs a new extension to reach my colleague's office. "communicationtechnologyelectronicsessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA file extension."Files with the .txt extension usually contain text."computingtechnicalessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn optional software component that adds functionality to an application."a browser extension"computingtechnologyinternetessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate."The extension of the rule "students who study for more than two hours are eligible for extra credit" includes all the students who actually studied for more than two hours. "logicmathphilosophylinguisticsessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages."The verb "to teach" has an extension in some Bantu languages that signifies a repeated action. "grammarlanguagelinguisticsessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading