Synonyms for extension

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ik-sten-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstɛn ʃən

Définition of extension

Origin : c.1400, from Old French extension (14c.) and directly from Latin extensionem/extentionem (nominative extensio/extentio), noun of action from past participle stem of extendere (see extend). In a concrete sense, "extended portion of something" (a railroad, etc.), from 1852. Telephone sense is from 1906.

noun enlargement, continuation

Example sentences :

The complexity of life is shown by the extension of the necessity of choice.
Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan

I expect the Marchesa got him an extension of leave from the Colonel.
Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

The North did not believe in slavery, or at least in the extension of slavery.
Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle

In recent years an extension of nine miles has been added to it.
Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee

In larger boats the jib-boom is an extension of the bowsprit.
Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

In general the greater the intension the less the extension of them.
Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato

Slowly he told the story of the colored woman and the extension case.
Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The stick was an extension of the human arm to give the lance greater force.
Extract from : « The Hohokam Dig » by Theodore Pratt

Plunged in reverie he felt that this was but an extension of his vision.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

There is only the scale of elements ranging from 842 to 966 on the extension of your own scale.
Extract from : « Raiders of the Universes » by Donald Wandrei

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