Extension

Definition

extension /Çk'stenʃn/ n ၁။ [U] တိုးခ်ဲ႕ျခင္း။ 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) တိုးခ်ဲ႕အေဆာင္၊ လမ္း စသည္။ 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 သ႐ုပ္ေဆာင္ထားတဲ့ ဇာတ္႐ုပ္ေတြဟာ တကယ္ေတာ့ သူ႕ရဲ႕ကိုယ္ခြဲေတြပဲ။ (ခ) ~ (of sth) အခ်ိန္၊ သက္တမ္း တိုးေပးျခင္း။ The Chairman was voted a two-year extension of office. ❍ He's been given an extension to finish writing his thesis. ၃။ [C] တယ္လီဖုန္းလိုင္းခြဲ။ She has an extension in the kitchen and in the bedroom. ❍ Phone me at the office — I'm on extension 326. ❏ by extension [ IDM ] ဆက္၍။ တစ္ဆင့္တက္၍။ He criticized senior doctors, and by extension hospital administrators, for opposing the changes. ❏ extension lead n (လွ်ပ္စစ္ပစၥည္းႏွင့္ ပလတ္ေပါက္ အၾကား) ၾကားဆက္ႀကိဳး။

Examples

1. We are building an extension on the back of our house.
2. [extension to] : He has applied for permission to build a single-storey extension to his house.
3. A proposed motorway extension
4. What’s your extension?
5. I’m on extension 334.
6. A new extension number
7. [extension on] : I’m going to ask for an extension on this essay.
8. [extension on] : Will the bank give you an extension on the loan?
9. A visa extension
10. [extension to] : Brady wants a two-year extension to his contract.
11. There was a bar extension until midnight.
12. [extension to] : Local shops have been granted an extension to opening hours.
13. This lead isn’t long enough – do you have an extension?
14. [extension of] : Business entertainment seems a natural extension of Japan’s gift-giving culture.
15. He sees local history as an extension of family history.
16. His leg was now capable of full extension.
17. [extension of] : The further extension of state control
18. Courses provided through university extension