capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out
<adj.all>

extensible

extensile

sample sentences

"an extensile tongue"
"an extensible measuring rule"

capable of being protruded or stretched or opened out
<adj.all>

extensible

extensile

sample sentences

"an extensile tongue"
"an extensible measuring rule"

a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
<noun.time>   freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13

extension

sample sentences

"they applied for an extension of the loan"

act of expanding in scope; making more widely available
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

extension

sample sentences

"extension of the program to all in need"

the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

extension

propagation

act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

extension

an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

extension

extension service

university extension

an addition that extends a main building
<noun.artifact>

annex

annexe

extension

wing

an addition to the length of something
<noun.artifact>

elongation

extension

an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
<noun.artifact>

extension

extension phone

telephone extension

amount or degree or range to which something extends
<noun.attribute>

extension

lengthiness

prolongation

sample sentences

"the wire has an extension of 50 feet"

the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
<noun.attribute>

extension

sample sentences

"the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"
"good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability"

the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
<noun.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

denotation

extension

reference

sample sentences

"the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"

a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
<noun.communication>

extension

file name extension

filename extension

sample sentences

"most applications provide extensions for the files they create"
"most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"

an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

agricultural agent

county agent

extension agent

an electric cord used to extend the length of a power cord
<noun.artifact>

extension cord

a course offered as part of an extension service
<noun.act>

extension course

a ladder whose length can be extended
<noun.artifact>

extension ladder

an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
<noun.artifact>

extension

extension phone

telephone extension

an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

extension

extension service

university extension

defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies
<adj.all>

extensional

large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 13

extended

extensive

sample sentences

"an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"
"extended farm lands"
"surgeons with extended experience"
"they suffered extensive damage"

broad in scope or content
<adj.all>   (a)   freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3

across-the-board

all-embracing

all-encompassing

all-inclusive

blanket

broad

encompassing

extensive

panoptic

wide

sample sentences

"across-the-board pay increases"
"an all-embracing definition"
"blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"
"an invention with broad applications"
"a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
"granted him wide powers"

of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
<adj.all>

extensive

sample sentences

"producing wheat under extensive conditions"
"agriculture of the extensive type"

in a widespread way
<adv.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

extensively

sample sentences

"oxidation ponds are extensively used for sewage treatment in the Midwest"

large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness
<noun.attribute>

extensiveness

largeness

sample sentences

"the might have repercussions of unimaginable largeness"
"the very extensiveness of his power was a temptation to abuse it"

a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
<noun.body>

extensor

extensor muscle

a skeletal muscle whose contraction extends or stretches a body part
<noun.body>

extensor

extensor muscle

the point or degree to which something extends
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23

extent

sample sentences

"the extent of the damage"
"the full extent of the law"
"to a certain extent she was right"

the distance or area or volume over which something extends
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 15

extent

sample sentences

"the vast extent of the desert"
"an orchard of considerable extent"

lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

extenuate

mitigate

palliate

sample sentences

"The circumstances extenuate the crime"

partially excusing or justifying
<adj.all>

extenuating

sample sentences

"extenuating circumstances"

to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

extenuation

mitigation

palliation

a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances
<noun.communication>

extenuation

mitigation

situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

exterior

sample sentences

"an exterior scene"
"exterior grade plywood"
"exterior paints"

the outer side or surface of something
<noun.location>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

exterior

outside

the region that is outside of something
<noun.location>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 1

exterior

outside

the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon
<noun.shape>

exterior angle

external angle

a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

exterior door

outside door

embodying in an outward form
<noun.act>

exteriorisation

exteriorization

externalisation

externalization

make external or objective, or give reality to
<verb.change>

exteriorise

exteriorize

externalise

externalize

objectify

sample sentences

"language externalizes our thoughts"

embodying in an outward form
<noun.act>

exteriorisation

exteriorization

externalisation

externalization

make external or objective, or give reality to
<verb.change>

exteriorise

exteriorize

externalise

externalize

objectify

sample sentences

"language externalizes our thoughts"

bring outside the body for surgery, of organs
<verb.motion>

bring outside

exteriorize

capable of being totally destroyed or wiped out
<adj.all>

exterminable

extirpable

kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

exterminate

kill off

sample sentences

"Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

destroy completely, as if down to the roots
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

eradicate

exterminate

extirpate

root out

uproot

sample sentences

"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"
"root out corruption"

destroyed completely
<adj.all>   (p)   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

annihilated

exterminated

wiped out