extension

extension is a 9-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
2. transitive verb. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
3. transitive verb. Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
4. transitive verb. The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
5. transitive verb. The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
6. transitive verb. A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
7. noun. act of expanding in scope; making more widely available

   "extension of the program to all in need"

8. noun. act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
9. noun. an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
10. noun. an addition that extends a main building

    Synonyms: annex, annexe, wing

11. noun. an addition to the length of something

    Synonyms: elongation

12. noun. an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
13. noun. amount or degree or range to which something extends

    "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"

    Synonyms: lengthiness, prolongation

14. noun. the ability to raise the working leg high in the air

    "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"

    "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability"

15. noun. 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

16. noun. the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

    Synonyms: propagation

17. noun. 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"

18. 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"

Synonyms

annex, annexe, wing, elongation, lengthiness, prolongation, denotation, reference, propagation

Common word forms

extensions, extensional, extensionless

Words from these letters

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