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.
The noun extension comes from the Latin word extendere, meaning “stretch out.” If you’re a great gymnast, you probably have amazing extension — flexible and long-reaching limbs. If someone meets your sister and assumes you will be exactly like her, you might say, "That's a stretch," meaning this person has, by extension, drawn conclusions about you which are somewhat true but not completely accurate.
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act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
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a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
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the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
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a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
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the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
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an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
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