Synonyms of the word

extension

• n. The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in length or breadth;…
• n. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
• n. A part of a building that has been extended from the original.
• n. (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; —…
• n. (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay…
• n. (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight…
• n. (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
• n. (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
• n. (telecommunications) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
• n. (computing) A file extension.
• n. (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
• n. (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
• n. (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.

add-on

• n. Something which can be appended to something else.
• n. (computer hardware, software) A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions…
• n. (poker) Additional chips that can be purchased at specific times in tournament play.

addition

• n. (uncountable) The act of adding anything.
• n. Anything that is added.
• n. (uncountable) The arithmetic operation of adding.
• n. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
• n. (law) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.",…
• n. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.

airing

• v. present participle of air.
• n. (uncountable) An exposure to warm or fresh air.
• n. (countable) A public expression of an opinion or discussion of a subject.

annex

• n. An addition, an extension.
• n. An appendix.
• n. An addition or extension to a building.
• n. An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by…
• v. To add something to another thing; to incorporate.
• v. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To join; to be united.

annexe

• n. Alternative spelling of annex.
• v. Alternative spelling of annex.

dance

• n. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social…
• n. A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
• n. (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center…
• n. A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
• n. (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
• n. A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
• v. (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
• v. (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
• v. (transitive) To perform the steps to.
• v. (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.

delay

• n. A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
• v. To put off until a later time; to defer.
• v. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.
• v. (obsolete) To allay; to temper.
• v. (obsolete) To dilute, temper.
• v. (obsolete) To assuage, quench, allay.

denotation

• n. The act of denoting, or something (such as a symbol) that denotes.
• n. (logic, linguistics, semiotics) The primary, literal, or explicit meaning of a word, phrase, or symbol;…
• n. (philosophy, logic) The intension and extension of a word.
• n. (semantics) Something signified or referred to; a particular meaning of a symbol.
• n. (semiotics) The surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier, and the definition most likely to appear…
• n. (computer science) Any mathematical object which describes the meanings of expressions from the languages,…
• n. (media-studies) A first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often…

didactics

• n. plural of didactic.
• n. The art and science of teaching.

dissemination

• n. The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence;…

education

• n. (uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
• n. (countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.

elongation

• n. The act of lengthening.
• n. the state of being lengthened.
• n. That which lengthens out; continuation.
• n. The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.
• n. Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
• n. (astronomy) The angular distance of a planet from the sun.

enlargement

• n. The act of making something larger.
• n. (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
• n. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.

expansion

• n. The act or process of expanding.
• n. The fractional change in unit length per unit length per unit temperature change.
• n. A new addition.
• n. A product to be used with a previous product.
• n. That which is expanded; expanse; extended surface.
• n. (steam engines) The operation of steam in a cylinder after its communication with the boiler has been…

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

improver

• n. Something that, or someone who, improves something.
• n. (obsolete) Specifically, a person who improves land or property, a landscaper.
• n. One who improves his or her performance, one who shows improvement (of individuals or groups).
• n. A substance added to cause improvement (especially to a foodstuff).

instruction

• n. (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
• n. (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
• n. (countable) An order or command.
• n. (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
• n. A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.

lengthiness

• n. The property of being lengthy, longness.

longness

• n. (rare) length, lengthiness.

meaning

• n. The symbolic value of something.
• n. The significance of a thing.
• n. (semantics) The objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.
• n. (obsolete) Intention.
• v. present participle of mean.
• adj. Having a (specified) intention.
• adj. Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.

pedagogy

• n. The profession of teaching.
• n. The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
• n. The strategies of instruction.

phone

• n. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.
• v. (transitive) To call (someone) on the telephone.
• n. (phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as…

postponement

• n. A delay, as a formal delay in a proceeding.

prolongation

• n. The act of prolonging.
• n. That which has been prolonged; an extension.

propagation

• n. the multiplication or natural increase in a population.
• n. the dissemination of something to a larger area or greater number.
• n. (physics) the act of propagating, especially the movement of a wave.
• n. (genetics) the elongation part of transcription.
• n. (religion) winning new converts.
• n. some degree of success in the spread of propaganda.

property

• n. Something that is owned.
• n. A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.
• n. Real estate; the business of selling houses.
• n. The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.
• n. An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.
• n. An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.
• n. (computing) An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or…
• n. (usually in the plural, theater) A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.
• n. (obsolete) Propriety; correctness.
• v. (obsolete) To invest with properties, or qualities.
• v. (obsolete) To make a property of; to appropriate.

reference

• n. (literary or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something).
• n. A measurement one can compare to.
• n. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
• n. A reference work.
• n. (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to…
• n. (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source…
• n. (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
• n. (programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing…
• n. (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in a web page…
• n. (obsolete) Appeal.
• v. To refer to, to make reference to.
• v. To mention, to cite.

spreading

• v. present participle of spread.
• n. The act by which something is spread.

stretching

• n. The act by which something is stretched.
• n. A form of physical exercise in which a specific skeletal muscle (or muscle group) is deliberately elongated…
• v. present participle of stretch.

string

• n. (countable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
• n. (uncountable) Such a structure considered as a substance.
• n. (countable) Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
• n. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession;…
• n. (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
• n. (countable) A series of items or events.
• n. (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
• n. (countable, computing) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable…
• n. (music, countable) A stringed instrument.
• n. (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those…
• n. (in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively.
• n. (countable, physics) The main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
• n. (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
• n. Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball…
• n. The points made in a game of billiards.
• n. (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play,…
• n. A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
• n. (archaic) A fibre, as of a plant; a little fibrous root.
• n. (archaic) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
• n. (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and…
• n. (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
• n. (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
• n. (architecture) A stringcourse.
• n. (dated, slang) A hoax; a fake story.
• v. (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
• v. (transitive) To put strings on (something).
• v. (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are…

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.

teaching

• n. Something taught by a religious or philosophical authority.
• n. The profession of teaching.
• v. present participle of teach.

telephone

• n. A telecommunication device (originally mechanical, and now electronic) used for two-way talking with another…
• n. (Canada, US) Chinese whispers.
• v. To (attempt to) contact someone using the telephone.

wait

• v. (transitive, now rare) To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now…
• v. (intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
• v. (intransitive, US) To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
• v. (obsolete) To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
• v. (obsolete) To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
• v. (obsolete) To defer or postpone (a meal).
• v. (intransitive) To remain celibate while one's lover is unavailable.
• n. A delay.
• n. An ambush.
• n. (obsolete) One who watches; a watchman.
• n. (in the plural, obsolete, Britain) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
• n. (in the plural, archaic, Britain) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially…

wing

• n. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side…
• n. (slang) Human arm.
• n. Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.
• n. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
• n. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
• n. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of…
• n. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
• n. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
• n. Passage by flying; flight.
• n. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
• n. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
• n. Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air,…
• n. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
• n. A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
• n. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service.
• n. (Britain) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
• n. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
• n. (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the…
• n. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
• n. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger.
• n. (botany) A flattened extension of a tridimensional plant organ.
• n. (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
• n. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
• n. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
• v. (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.
• v. (intransitive) To fly.
• v. (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
• v. (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
• v. (transitive) To throw.