Meaning

19 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.

    Next month the house is undergoing an extension.

    Due to the unforeseen circumstances, you are allowed an extension of two weeks to complete the task.

    act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb

  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being extended.

    Ausdehnung, Erweiterung

    расшире́ниеrasširénije, продле́ниеprodlénije

  3. (countable, uncountable)That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").

    Ausdehnung

  4. (countable, uncountable)A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A short exact sequence 0→B→E→A→0, or the object E therein.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A part of a building that has been added onto the original.

    пристро́йкаpristrójka

  7. (countable, uncountable)An outgrowth; a part of something that extends its capabilities.

    Parents who treat their children as an extension of themselves

    My research is an extension of the work of my mentor.

  8. (countable, uncountable)Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.

    Ausdehnung

  9. (countable, uncountable)Semantic widening, broadening of meaning.

    Bedeutungserweiterung

  10. (countable, uncountable)A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.

    Verlängerung

  11. (countable, uncountable)The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.

  12. (countable, uncountable)An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.

    Strecken

    разгиба́ниеrazgibánije

Examples

69 sentences
  1. This extension cord is too short.

    Цей подовжувач закороткий.

    ruЭтот удлинитель слишком короткий.

    deDas Verlängerungskabel hier ist zu kurz.

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  2. They built an extension to the office.

    deSie bauten eine Erweiterung des Büros.

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  3. We're planning to apply for an extension.

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  4. I need an extension cord.

    Мені потрібний подовжувач.

    ruМне нужен удлинитель.

    deIch brauche ein Verlängerungskabel.

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  5. What's the file extension?

    ruКакое у файла расширение?

    deWie ist die Datei-Endung?

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
act of extending or the state of being extended:
part of a building that has been added to the original:
weightlifting: an exercise:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
act of extending or the state of being extended:
semantics: semantic widening:
finance: written engagement on the part of a creditor:
weightlifting: an exercise:
telecommunication: phone extension number:

Origin

From Middle English extensioun, from Old French estension, from Latin extensiō, extensiōne

From Middle English extensioun, from Old French estension, from Latin extensiō, extensiōnem.

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Forms

plural: extensions
Singularextension
Pluralextensions

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
act of extending:shortening
broadening of meaning:limitationB1
exercise:curlB2
flexion

Word family

49 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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