Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.
- 2transitive verb
That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space.
- 3transitive verb
Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; -- correlative of intension.
- 4transitive verb
The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
- 5transitive verb
The straightening of a limb, in distinction from flexion.
- 6transitive verb
A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
- 7noun
act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
"extension of the program to all in need"
- 8noun
act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- 9noun
an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
- 10noun
an addition that extends a main building
- 11noun
an addition to the length of something
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- 12noun
an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- 13noun
amount or degree or range to which something extends
"the wire has an extension of 50 feet"
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- 14noun
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"
- 15noun
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"
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- 16noun
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
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- 17noun
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"
- 18noun
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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