Extension Definition

ĭk-stĕnshən
extensions
noun
extensions
An extending or being extended.
Webster's New World
The amount or degree to which something is or can be extended; range; extent.
Webster's New World
A part that forms a continuation or addition.
An extension to a factory.
Webster's New World
The position assumed by an extended limb.
American Heritage Medicine
The straightening of a flexed limb.
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adjective
Designating a device that can be extended or that extends something else.
Extension ladder, extension cord.
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Other Word Forms of Extension

Noun

Singular:
extension
Plural:
extensions

Origin of Extension

  • Middle English extensioun from Old French extension from Latin extēnsiō extēnsiōn- from extēnsus past participle of extendere to extend extend

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French extension, from Latin extensio

    From Wiktionary

Extension Sentence Examples

  • The unprofitable extension of the telegraphs has largely contributed to the loss.

  • He'd take the turnpike extension south.

  • She motioned for me to pick up the extension which I did.

  • She moved with the horse as if it were an extension of her body.

  • I do believe some ideals are worth fighting for and, by logical extension, worth killing for—but not many.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXT

Words Ending With

NONION

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