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[-ʃən]1) (an added part: He built an extension to his house; a two-day extension to the holiday; He has telephone extensions (= telephones) in every bedroom.) extensão2) ((a program by which) part of a university located somewhere else offers courses to people who are not fulltime students.) extensão3) (the process of extending.)4) (a telephone that operates on the same line as another: They have a phone in the living-room and an extension in the bedroom.)* * *ex.ten.sion[ikst'en82n] n extensão: 1 ampliação, amplificação. 2 alongamento, prolongamento. 3 dilatação, expansão. 4 Med distensão. 5 prorrogação. 6 aumento. 7 ramal de telefone. -
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[-ʃən]1) (an added part: He built an extension to his house; a two-day extension to the holiday; He has telephone extensions (= telephones) in every bedroom.) extensão2) ((a program by which) part of a university located somewhere else offers courses to people who are not fulltime students.) extensão3) (the process of extending.)4) (a telephone that operates on the same line as another: They have a phone in the living-room and an extension in the bedroom.)
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