| extension | act of expanding in scope, making more widely available, extension of the program to all in need |
| extension | act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb |
extension
extension service
university extension | an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students |
| extension course | a course offered as part of an extension service |
license
permission
permit | the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization |
annex
annexe
extension
wing | an addition that extends a main building |
elongation
extension | an addition to the length of something |
extension telephone extension
extension phone | an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line |
| extension cord | an electric cord used to extend the length of a power cord |
| extension ladder | a ladder whose length can be extended |
license plate
numberplate | a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number |
package store
liquor store
off-licence | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
extension
lengthiness
prolongation | amount or degree or range to which something extends, the wire has an extension offeet |
| extension | the ability to raise the working leg high in the air, the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension, good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability |
reference
denotation
extension | the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression, the class of objects that an expression refers to, the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos |
propagation
extension | the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions |
extension
filename extension
file name extension | a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters, the optional second part of a PC computer filename, most applications provide extensions for the files they create, most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS |
license number
registration number | the number on the license plate that identifies the car that bears it |
license
licence
permit | a legal document giving official permission to do something |
driver's license
driver's licence
driving license
driving licence | a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle |
fishing license
fishing licence
fishing permit | a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified period of time |
hunting license
hunting licence
hunting permit
game license | a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time |
liquor license
liquor licence | a license authorizing the holder to sell alcoholic beverages |
| on-license | a license to sell liquor for consumption on the premises |
marriage license
marriage licence
wedding license
wedding licence | a license authorizing two people to marry |
occupation license
occupation licence | a license to pursue a particular occupation |
| extended family | a family consisting of the nuclear family and their blood relatives |
| extended care facility | a medical institution that provides prolonged care (as in cases of prolonged illness or rehabilitation from acute illness) |
| extended order | a military formation for skirmishing, as widely separated as the tactical situation permits |
county agent
agricultural agent
extension agent | an advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics |
licensing fee
license fee
license tax | a fee paid to the government for the privilege of being licensed to do something (as selling liquor or practicing medicine) |
| license licence | freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech) |
| poetic license | license used by a writer or artist to heighten the effect of their work |
| license licence | excessive freedom, lack of due restraint, when liberty becomes license dictatorship is near- Will Durant, the intolerable license with which the newspapers break...the rules of decorum- Edmund Burke |
extended time scale
slow time scale | (simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one |
| extension | a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt, they applied for an extension of the loan |
license
licence
certify | authorize officially, I am licensed to practice law in this state |
extensive
extended | large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity, an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England, extended farm lands, surgeons with extended experience, they suffered extensive damage |
| extended | beyond the literal or primary sense, `hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot' |
| extended | fully extended or stretched forth, an extended telescope, his extended legs reached almost across the small room, refused to accept the extended hand |
elongated extended
lengthened
prolonged | drawn out or made longer spatially, Picasso's elongated Don Quixote, lengthened skirts are fashionable this year, the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes, a prolonged black line across the page |
drawn-out
extended
lengthy
prolonged
protracted | relatively long in duration, tediously protracted, a drawn-out argument, an extended discussion, a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law, a prolonged and bitter struggle, protracted negotiations |