extension

extension /Çk'stenʃn/ n

၁။ [U] တိုးချဲ့ခြင်း။ The extension of the subway will take several months. ❍ the extension of new technology into developing countries ❍ the extension of credit facilities.
၂။ [C] (က) ~ (to sth) တိုးချဲ့အဆောင်၊ လမ်း စသည်။ build a 160bed extension to a hospital ❍ Our extension (ie the extension to our house) is nearly finished. ❍ (fig ) The characters she plays are only extensions of herself. သူ သရုပ်ဆောင်ထားတဲ့ ဇာတ်ရုပ်တွေဟာ တကယ်တော့ သူ့ရဲ့ကိုယ်ခွဲတွေပဲ။
(ခ) ~ (of sth) အချိန်၊ သက်တမ်း တိုးပေးခြင်း။
The Chairman was voted a two-year extension of office. ❍ He's been given an extension to finish writing his thesis.
၃။ [C] တယ်လီဖုန်းလိုင်းခွဲ။ She has an extension in the kitchen and in the bedroom. ❍ Phone me at the office — I'm on extension 326.
❏ by extension [IDM ] ဆက်၍။ တစ်ဆင့်တက်၍။ He criticized senior doctors, and by extension hospital administrators, for opposing the changes.
❏ extension lead n (လျှပ်စစ်ပစ္စည်းနှင့် ပလတ်ပေါက် အကြား) ကြားဆက်ကြိုး။