n.
1.a mutually agreed delay in the date set for the completion of a job or payment of a debt
2.act of expanding in scope
3.the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
4.an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who not enrolled as regular students
5.act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb
6.a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters
7.the most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression
8.the ability to raise the working leg high in the air
9.amount or degree or range to which something extends 10.an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line 11.an addition to the length of something 12.an addition that extends a main building