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(noun) act of expanding in scope; making more widely available: "extension of the program to all in need" |
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Related Words: enlargement, expansion, spread, spreading, stretch |
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(noun) act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb |
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Related Words: hyperextension, stretching |
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Antonyms: contraction |
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(noun) an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students |
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Synonyms: extension service, university extension |
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Related Words: education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching |
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(noun) an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line |
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Related Words: phone, telephone, telephone set |
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(noun) amount or degree or range to which something extends: "the wire has an extension of 50 feet" |
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Synonyms: lengthiness, prolongation |
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Related Words: longness |
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(noun) a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt; "they applied for an extension of the loan" |
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Related Words: delay, hold, postponement, time lag, wait |
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(noun) an addition to the length of something |
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Synonyms: elongation |
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Related Words: addition, improver |
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(noun) the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions |
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Synonyms: propagation |
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Related Words: airing, circulation, dissemination, public exposure, spreading |
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(noun) an addition that extends a main building |
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Synonyms: annex, annexe, wing |
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Related Words: addition, ell, improver |
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(noun) the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos" |
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Synonyms: denotation, reference |
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Related Words: meaning, sense, substance |
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