· 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"

Hypernym(s): delay, hold, time_lag, postponement, wait

· act of expanding in scope; making more widely available; "extension of the program to all in need"

Hypernym(s): expansion, enlargement

· the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

Synonym(s): propagation

Hypernym(s): dissemination, airing, public_exposure, spreading

· an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

Synonym(s): extension_service, university_extension

Hypernym(s): education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational_activity

· act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

Hypernym(s): stretching

Antonym(s): flexion

· 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"

Synonym(s): filename_extension, file_name_extension

Hypernym(s): string

· 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"

Synonym(s): reference, denotation

Hypernym(s): meaning, substance

· 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"

Hypernym(s): property, dance

· amount or degree or range to which something extends; "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"

Synonym(s): lengthiness, prolongation

Hypernym(s): longness

· an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line

Synonym(s): telephone_extension, extension_phone

Hypernym(s): telephone, phone, telephone_set

· an addition to the length of something

Synonym(s): elongation

Hypernym(s): addition, add-on, improver

· an addition that extends a main building

Synonym(s): annex, annexe, wing

Hypernym(s): addition, add-on, improver