Extension

//ɪkˈstɛnʃən//

Synonyms for "extension" (365 found)

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Noun(9 words)

elongation extension cord extension field extension phone extension service file extension file name extension filename extension lengthiness

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orbit order order of succession outer space overall length overhang overtone pay station pendant pensionat perpetuation perpetuity perseverance persistence pertinence phone pith platoon school point posteriority postposition practical consequence private school procession procrastination production productiveness progress progression progressive school projection proliferation prolongation propagation proportion proportions protraction public school public telephone purport pursuance purview push-button telephone radius raise raising ramification range range of meaning reach real meaning receiver referent reinforcement relation relevance repetition respite rise rotation run scale school without walls scope semantic cluster semantic field sense sequence series side effect side issue significance signification significatum signifie size snowballing space span span of meaning spatial extension special school sphere spirit splay sprawl spread spreading spreading out staying power storefront school straight course strain street academy stretch stretching stringing out structural meaning subjunction substance succession successiveness suffixation sum sum and substance summer school superficial extension supplement surface surge sustained action sustenance sweep swell swelling symbolic meaning tailpiece telephone telephone booth telephone engineering telephone extension telephone mechanics telephone receiver telephonics telephony tenor tension totality of associations tract transferred meaning transmitter tumescence unadorned meaning undergirding undertone uninterrupted course union school unremittingness up upping upsurge upswing uptrend upturn vacation school value void volume wall telephone waxing way widening width wing yardage

Noun(7 words)

prolongation propagation reference telephone extension trailer university extension wing

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9 relation types

More general

30 entries

add-on addition airing dance delay didactics dissemination education educational activity enlargement expansion hold improver instruction longness meaning

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Antonyms

3 entries

curl flexion shortening

Synonyms

5 entries

annex denotation elongation propagation reference

Related terms

6 entries

comprehension extend extense extent flexion intension

derived

53 entries

Buck's extension Extension Scout Galois extension Kan extension agricultural extension algebraic extension back extension by extension coextension conservative extension convergent extension counterextension curb extension demarc extension extension block extension cable

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has context

10 entries

banking computing fencing finance grammar logic medicine semantics telecommunication weightlifting

is a

9 entries

dance delay education expansion longness property stretching string telephone

part of

1 entries

filename

related to

34 entries

action application argument bantu body code component comprehension derivative engagement enlargement exercise extend extended extense extensive

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Translations

145 translations across 36 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

تَمْدِيد noun (weightlifting: an exercise)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

genişləndirmə noun (computing: file extension)
genişləndirmə noun (computing: optional software component)
uzantı noun (computing: file extension)

Bulgarian

4 entries

екстензия noun (medicine: operation of stretching a broken bone)
междуградска noun (telecommunication: phone extension number)
отсрочка noun (finance: written engagement on the part of a creditor)
протягане noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Catalan

1 entries

extensió noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Czech

2 entries

extenze noun (semantics: capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects)
přípona noun (computing: optional software component)

Danish

1 entries

forlængelse noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Dutch

4 entries

achtervoegsel noun (computing: file extension)
extensie noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
extensie noun (anatomy: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space)
extensie noun (computing: file extension)

Finnish

4 entries

ekstensio noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
ekstensio noun (semantics: capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects)
laajennus noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
laajennus noun (part of a building that has been added to the original)

French

3 entries

extension noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
extension noun (computing: file extension)
extension noun (computing: optional software component)

Georgian

1 entries

გაფართოება noun (computing: optional software component)

German

4 entries

Ausdehnung noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
Ausdehnung noun (anatomy: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space)
Ausdehnung noun (semantics: capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects)
Bedeutungserweiterung noun (semantics: semantic widening)

Greek

3 entries

επέκταση noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
παράταση noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
παράταση noun (finance: written engagement on the part of a creditor)

Hungarian

4 entries

bővítmény noun (computing: optional software component)
feszítés noun (anatomy: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space)
hozzátoldott épületrész noun (part of a building that has been added to the original)
jelentésbővülés noun (semantics: semantic widening)

Icelandic

1 entries

lenging noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Indonesian

4 entries

ekstensi noun (anatomy: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space)
ekstensi noun (semantics: capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects)
ekstensi noun (medicine: operation of stretching a broken bone)
ekstensi noun (telecommunication: phone extension number)

Irish

2 entries

fadú noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
folíne noun (telecommunication: phone extension number)

Italian

3 entries

estemsione noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
estensione noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
proroga noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Japanese

4 entries

ストレッチ noun (weightlifting: an exercise)
伸展 noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
伸展 noun (anatomy: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space)
内線 noun (telecommunication: phone extension number)

Korean

1 entries

내선 noun (telecommunication: phone extension number)

Latvian

2 entries

atliekšana noun (weightlifting: an exercise)
paplašinājums noun (computing: file extension)

Malay

1 entries

sambungan noun (telecommunication: phone extension number)

Manx

1 entries

fo-linney noun (telecommunication: phone extension number)

Māori

3 entries

torohanga noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
whārōnga noun (computing: file extension)
āpititanga noun (part of a building that has been added to the original)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

niçik noun (anatomy: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

forlengelse noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
forlenging noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
utvidelse noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
utviding noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

forlenging noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
utviding noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Odia

1 entries

ସମ୍ପ୍ରସାରଣ noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Persian

2 entries

گستردن noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
گسترده شدن noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Polish

3 entries

rozciągłość noun (anatomy: that property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space)
rozszerzenie noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
rozszerzenie noun (computing: optional software component)

Portuguese

4 entries

extensão noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
extensão noun (telecommunication: phone extension number)
extensão noun (computing: file extension)
extensão noun (computing: optional software component)

Romanian

4 entries

extensie noun (weightlifting: an exercise)
extensie de fișier noun (computing: file extension)
extensiune noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
extindere noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Russian

4 entries

пристро́йка noun (part of a building that has been added to the original)
продле́ние noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
разгиба́ние noun (weightlifting: an exercise)
расшире́ние noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

leudachadh noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Spanish

2 entries

extendimiento noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
extensión noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)

Swedish

2 entries

förlängning noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
tillägg noun (computing: optional software component)

Vietnamese

4 entries

phần mở rộng noun (computing: file extension)
phần mở rộng noun (computing: optional software component)
sự mở rộng noun (act of extending or the state of being extended)
tiện ích mở rộng noun (computing: optional software component)

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The extension of summer vacation delighted the children.

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Grace goes to phone extension upstairs.

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May we therefore ask you for a two months' extension of credit?

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This is the operator. Which extension would you like?

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Extension

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Italian

Japanese

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