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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extension |
| Synonyms: | continuation, expansion, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, protraction, stretching |
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| Main Entry: | extension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enlargement, continuation |
| Synonyms: | addendum, addition, adjunct, amplification, annex, appendage, appendix, arm, augmentation, branch, broadening, compass, continuing, delay, development, dilatation, distension, drawing out, elongation, expansion, extent, increase, lengthening, orbit, postponement, production, prolongation, protraction, purview, radius, reach, scope, span, spread, spreading out, stretch, stretching, supplement, sweep, widening, wing |
| Antonyms: | abbreviation, abridgment, compression, contraction, curtailment, decrease, reduction, shortening |
| Main Entry: | length |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extent of object, distance, time |
| Synonyms: | breadth, compass, continuance, diameter, dimension, duration, elongation, endlessness, expanse, expansion, extensiveness, height, interval, lastingness, lengthiness, limit, linearity, loftiness, longitude, longness, magnitude, measure, mileage, orbit, panorama, period, piece, portion, protractedness, purview, quantity, radius, range, ranginess, reach, realm, remoteness, season, section, segment, space, spaciousness, span, stretch, stride, tallness, term, unit, width, year |
| Antonyms: | height |
| Main Entry: | production |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creating of goods, result |
| Synonyms: | assembly, authoring, bearing, blossoming, construction, creation, direction, elongation, engendering, extention, fabrication, formulation, fructification, generation, giving, lengthening, making, management, manufacture, manufacturing, origination, preparation, presentation, producing, prolongation, protraction, provision, rendering, reproduction, return, staging, yielding |
| Antonyms: | destruction, ruin |
| Main Entry: | prolongation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extension |
| Synonyms: | addendum, addition, adjunct, amplification, annex, appendage, appendix, arm, augmentation, branch, broadening, compass, continuing, delay, development, dilatation, distension, drawing out, elongation, expansion, extent, increase, lengthening, orbit, postponement, production, protraction, purview, radius, reach, scope, span, spread, spreading out, stretch, stretching, supplement, sweep, widening, wing |
| Main Entry: | protraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extension |
| Synonyms: | addendum, addition, adjunct, amplification, annex, appendage, appendix, arm, augmentation, branch, broadening, compass, continuing, delay, development, dilatation, distension, drawing out, elongation, expansion, extent, increase, lengthening, orbit, postponement, production, prolongation, purview, radius, reach, scope, span, spread, spreading out, stretch, stretching, supplement, sweep, widening, wing |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | extension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | length |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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appaumé, armshot, as long as my arm, as long as to, interminable, latitudinal, lengthened, lengthy, lineal, linear, long, longitudinal, longsome, no end of, oblong, outstretched, prolate, sesquipedalian, unshortened, wiredrawn
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| Concept: | Length. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
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length, longitude, span; mileage., line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius., lengthening; prolongation, production, protraction; tension, tensure; extension., [Measures of length] line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league; chain; arpent, handbreadth, jornada [U.S.], kos, vara., pedometer, perambulator; scale (measurement).
-verbs
be long; stretch out, sprawl; extend to, reach to, stretch to; make a long arm, "drag its slow length along.", render long; lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong, produce, protract; let out, draw out, spinout; drawl., enfilade, look along, view in perspective.
-adjectives
long, longsome; lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched; lengthened; sesquipedalian (words); interminable, no end of; macrocolous., linear, lineal; longitudinal, oblong., as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow; unshortened (shorten [more]).
-adverbs
lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along; tandem; in a line (continuously); in perspective., from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe; fore and aft.
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| Antonyms: | shortness |
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