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- Dictionaryextension/ɪkˈstɛnʃn/
noun
- 1. a part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it: "the railway's southern extension" Similar
- 2. a length of electric cable which permits the use of appliances at some distance from a fixed socket.
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the fact of reaching, stretching, or continuing; the act of adding to something in order to make it bigger or longer: extension of The extension (= increasing) of police powers in the province has been heavily criticized. The article is an extension of (= takes further) the ideas Professor Fox developed in an earlier book.
Extension definition: an act or instance of extending, lengthening, stretching out, or enlarging the scope of something.. See examples of EXTENSION used in a sentence.
The meaning of EXTENSION is the action of extending : state of being extended. How to use extension in a sentence.
the fact of reaching, stretching, or continuing; the act of adding to something in order to make it bigger or longer: extension of The extension (= increasing) of police powers in the province has been heavily criticized. The article is an extension of (= takes further) the ideas Professor Fox developed in an earlier book.
An extension is the act of getting more time, space, or length, like an extension of a deadline that gives you one more day to turn in a paper, or extensions that make your hair look longer.
11 meanings: 1. the act of extending or the condition of being extended 2. something that can be extended or that extends.... Click for more definitions.
[countable] extension (of something) an extra period of time allowed for something. He's been granted an extension of the contract for another year. a visa extension; She was given an extension to finish writing her thesis. (British English) The pub had an extension (= was allowed to stay open longer) on Christmas Eve.