extensions

1. a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debtExamples: "they applied for an extension of the loan"Synonyms: extension

2. act of expanding in scope; making more widely availableExamples: "extension of the program to all in need"Synonyms: extension

3. the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regionsSynonyms: extension, propagation

4. an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular studentsSynonyms: extension, extension service, university extension

5. act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limbSynonyms: extensionAntonyms: flexion

6. a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filenameExamples: "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"Synonyms: extension, file name extension, filename extension