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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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They were following up on earlier work showing that dendrites, the branch-like extensions of neurons, process signals differently depending on their location.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Police Scotland said an appropriate policing plan would be in place during any World Cup extensions around Scotland.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“Who would have thought 14 years ago that robotics would become…literally superhuman extensions of our driver partners?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He never looked back — nor looked to play elsewhere, twice signing contract extensions with the Kings rather than test the free-agent market.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Clever modernizations of old Colonial manses, extensions in Victorian wood, capacious Greek Revival temples lined the street, as impressive and just as forbid ding as ever.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles