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How to pronounce extensions

IPA transcription: [ɪks'tɛnʃənz]

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Noun

  • 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

  • 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”

  • 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 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

Usage examples

  • Once you've gotten used to the basic commands and extensions to control Google Chrome, you may start to hunger for a faster way.
  • Both of these support the extensions you'll need, so it is really a matter of personal preference.
  • Although some extensions are not standardized, the format is still in general use.
  • Both of these support the extensions you'll need, so it is really a matter of personal preference.
  • There is currently no prospect of these extensions being built.
  • Both of these support the extensions you'll need, so it is really a matter of personal preference.
  • Firefox extensions exist that allow the users to process downloaded files with ClamWin.
  • It can also include macro processing, file inclusion and language extensions.
  • Both these extensions are separable, because they have characteristic zero.
  • These, and later extensions to the system, were numbered sequentially.