extension: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 16 letter points · starts with E · ends with N
Meaning of extension
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length, breadth, or time; an increase.
Example: Next month the house is undergoing an extension.
- countable, uncountable
The state of being extended.
- countable, uncountable
That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension").
- countable, uncountable
A short exact sequence 1→H→E→G→1, or the group E therein.
Listed forms: extensions.
Source: Wiktionary — extension.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for extension.
noun
the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
noun
an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students
- extension service
- university extension
noun
a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
- filename extension
- file name extension
noun
the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is extension in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of extension
E(1) + X(8) + T(1) + E(1) + N(1) + S(1) + I(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 16 points.
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Anagrams of extension
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from extension
136 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in extension. Showing up to 24, longest first.