extension
pronunciation
How to pronounce extension in British English:
UK [ɪkˈstenʃn]
How to pronounce extension in American English:
US [ɪkˈstenʃn]
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- Noun:
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
- act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- an addition to the length of something
- an addition that extends a main building
Word Origin
- extension (n.)
- c. 1400, "swelling, bulging," from Latin extensionem/extentionem (nominative extensio/extentio) "a stretching out, extension," noun of action from past participle stem of extendere (see extend). In a concrete sense, "extended portion of something" (a railroad, etc.), from 1852. Telephone sense is from 1906.
Synonym
Example
- 1. The fate of the maglev extension remains unclear .
- 2. The extension utilizes google 's own url shortening service .
- 3. Introducing the new york times paywall smasher browser extension .
- 4. Next , find an extension you want to install .
- 5. In most countries the extension would not be big news .