extensions

/ɪkˈstɛnʃ(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ɪkˈstɛnʃ(ə)n/

ɪkˈstɛnʃən

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

ɪk - ˈstɛnʃən -> extensions

Myanmar meaning

(n[pl]) တိုးချဲ့ခြင်းများ

Full entry

extend /Çk'stend/ v

၁။ ချဲ့သည်။ ဆန့်သည်။ တိုးသည်။ ရှည်စေသည်။ extend a fence/ road/ garden ❍ There are plans to extend the no-smoking area. ❍ extend a deadline/ visa ❍ The government voted to extend the state of emergency for another six months. ❍ Careful maintenance can extend the life of your car by several years.
၂။ တိုးချဲ့သည်။ The company plans to extend its operations into Europe. ❍ extend one's repertoire on the piano ❍ aiming to extend the technology.
၃။ ဆက်နွှယ် စေသည်။ ပါဝင်ပတ်သက်စေသည်။ အကျုံးဝင်သည်။ The argument does not extend to politicians. ❍ His willingness to help did not extend beyond making a few phone calls. သူကူညီချင်တယ်ဆိုတာက တယ်လီဖုန်း တစ်ခါ နှစ်ခါ ဆက်ပေးရုံထက် မပိုပါဘူး။
၄။ ~ sth to sb (fml ) (က) ရရှိစေသည်။ ပေးသည်။ organizations which extend credit to people ❍ extend citizenship to the immigrant community. (ခ) ကမ်းလှမ်းသည်။ လက်ကမ်းသည်။ extend hospitality to overseas students ❍ extend an invitation/ a warm welcome to sb.
၅။ (က) ရောက်သည်။ တိုင်သည်။ The track extends (for) many miles into the desert. ❍ My backyard extends as far as the river. ❍ His writting career extended over a period of 40 years. (ခ) တန်းသည်။ သွယ်သည်။ extend a rope between two posts. (ဂ) (ခြေ၊ လက်) ဆန့်သည်။ ဆန့်ထုတ်သည်။ He extended his hand to (ie offered to shake hands with) the new employee.
၆။ (esp passive) အစွမ်းကုန် ဆောင်ရွက်သည်။ Jim didn't really have to extend himself in the examination. ❍ Hospitals were already fully extended because of the epidemic.
❏ extendable adj တိုးနိုင်၊ ဆန့်နိုင်သော။ an extendable ladder ❍ extendable credit.
❏ extended adj တိုးထားသော။ ချဲ့ထားသော။ ဆန့်ထားသော။ go on extended leave/ an extended holiday ❍ the cost of extended hospital treatment.
❏ extended family n ထွေးတော်၊ မိကြီး၊ တူ၊ သားမြေးတို့ ပါဝင်သော မိသားစု။

More examples

[extend from/into/over/beyond/for etc] : The beach extends beyond the horizon.
An industrial zone extends along the river.
An area extending from the Baltic coast to the Alps
[extend over/beyond etc] : This licence does not extend beyond the end of May.
A festival that extends over a period of weeks
We’re going to extend the first floor.
A plan to extend the cemetery
The company has recently extended its range of products.
The course has been extended to include the history of art.
[extend influence/control] : An attempt to extend their influence in world affairs
I asked if I could extend my holiday.
Your bank might agree to extend the period of the loan.
[extend a deadline] : They have agreed to extend the deadline for completion of the building work.
You can extend the table by pulling out the middle section.
He stood there, his arms extended towards the horrified villagers.
Does this ladder extend?
[extend something to someone] : May I extend my congratulations to the winners?
We extend our apologies for the inconvenience caused.
[extend something to someone] : Banks that extend loans to small businesses
Suppliers do not always extend credit to new customers.
[extend to] : This law extends to children under the age of 14 only.

Synonyms

make bigger, expand, enlarge, make longer, lengthen, widen, broaden, pull out, accord, add to, advance, aggrandize, allocate, allot, amplify, augment, award, beef up, bestow, boost, bring forward, carry on, confer, continue, cover, crane, delay, develop, dilate, donate, drag one's feet, drag out, draw, draw out, elongate, encompass, enhance, fan out, give, go, go on, grant, heighten, hold out, impart, increase, last, let out, longer, magnify, make larger, mantle, multiply, offer, open, outspread, pad, place at disposal, pose, postpone, present, proffer, prolong, prolongate, protract, put forth, put forward, put off, range, reach, reach out, run, run on, spin out, spread, spread out, stall, stretch, stretch out, string out, submit, supplement, take, tender, unfold, unfurl, unroll, yield

Antonyms

abbreviate, abridge, cease, close, compress, conceal, condense, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut short, decrease, degrade, deny, diminish, disallow, disapprove, discontinue, dissuade, end, finish, halt, hide, hinder, hold, keep, lessen, lose, lower, maintain, narrow, oppose, reduce, refrain, refuse, restrict, shorten, shrink, stop, take, take back, withdraw, withhold