extension


Meanings

  • 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"
  • act of expanding in scope; making more widely available;
    • "extension of the program to all in need"
  • the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
  • an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are 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 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"
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • amount or degree or range to which something extends;
    • "the wire has an extension of 50 feet"
  • 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


Scrabble Score: 16

extension is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

extension is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

extension is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 18

extension is a valid Words With Friends word