Extension
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
Framework senses
- §1
- act of expanding in scope
- §2
- act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
- §3
- an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
- §4
- an addition that extends a main building
- §5
- an addition to the length of something
- §6
- an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line
- §7
- amount or degree or range to which something extends
- §8
- the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
- §9
- the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
- §10
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
- §11
- a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters
- §12
- a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt