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extensions

NOUN

enlargement, continuation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delay development expansion increase postponement

STRONG

addendum addition adjunct amplification annex appendage appendix arm augmentation branch broadening compass dilatation distension elongation extent lengthening orbit production prolongation protraction purview radius reach scope span spread stretch stretching supplement sweep widening wing

WEAK

continuing drawing out spreading out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease

STRONG

base body lessening shortening subtraction

WEAK

abbreviation abridgment compression contraction curtailment reduction

Example Sentences

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In other cases, diligent taxpayers file extensions because they don’t have all the forms they need.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

School nurse and mother of two, Natasha Anderson, said she loved messing about with her hair while growing up - "one week having a big afro, then having hair extensions," she remembers.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Ice shelves are massive floating extensions of glaciers that help slow the movement of enormous amounts of ice into the ocean.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

Congress required the DHS Secretary to periodically review the country determinations, and it limited extensions to 18 months at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

It was a high-stacked Dodge painted burgundy in Anacortes, elaborately pin-striped and with decorative exhaust extensions pillared just behind the gleaming cab—a schoolboy’s play truck, in short.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson