Preposition: of

• franchise: Political rights refer to the extension of the franchise.

Converse of object

• propose: Below there is a special article written by the retiring chairman, Chris Fry about the proposed cottage extension.

• announce: The Budget also announces a further extension to the scope of the new reliefs.

• build: A builder wishes to build a single story extension to a house with a door leading to a rear garden.

Adjective modifier

• indefinite: Language goes no further in this direction, but the mathematical symbolism of the differential calculus allows of an indefinite extension of this procedure.

• logical: There seems no defensible reason for us not to try to help primary teachers as a logical extension of our existing remit.

• two-year: Northampton's Scott McGleish has been handed a two-year contract extension after firing the Cobblers into League One.

• rear: A residential home for the elderly is to have a rear extension at ground level.

• one-year: The 20-year-old signed a one-year contract extension at Gresty Road during the summer after impressing on his first year as a professional.

• optional: The period of cover is usually twelve months with optional extensions offered for up to three years.

Modifies a noun

• cable: Extension cables are available, but are not recommended.

• tube: However, their intimate moment was an ideal time for me to get all my extension tubes out and get in close.

• cord: If you're using extension cords, rather than hard-wired fixtures, be sure to hide the cords.

• ladder: If an extension ladder is used is there sufficient overlap between sections?

Noun used with modifier

• filename: This file sets the default list of mappings from filename extensions to content types; changing this file is not recommended.

• .vbs: Now open Notepad, paste in the text, when the script is ready, save the file with a .vbs extension.

• story: A builder wishes to build a single story extension to a house with a door leading to a rear garden.

• frontpage: FrontPage Extensions Users can enable or disable Microsoft FrontPage Extensions at any time with the click of a button.

• knee: Resisted knee extension exercises should be avoided until 6 weeks following surgery.

• visa: Dad forgot to reapply for our visa extension, which he was required to do every four years.