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Extension

The act of extending or the state of being extended; a stretching out; enlargement in breadth or continuation of length; increase; augmentation; expansion.

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Broader term 24

Addition 76% connected

The act of adding two or more things together; -- opposed to subtraction or diminution.

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Airing 76% connected

of Air

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Dance 76% connected

To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of mov…

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Delay 76% connected

A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.

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Didactics 76% connected

The art or science of teaching.

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Dissemination 76% connected

The act of disseminating, or the state of being disseminated; diffusion for propagation and permanence; a scattering or spreading abroad, as of ideas…

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Education 76% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

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Enlargement 76% connected

The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

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Expansion 76% connected

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Improver 76% connected

One who, or that which, improves.

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Instruction 76% connected

The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.

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Longness 76% connected

Length.

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Meaning 76% connected

of Mean

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Pedagogy 76% connected

Pedagogics; pedagogism.

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Postponement 76% connected

The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay.

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Property 76% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

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Spreading 76% connected

of Spread

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Stretching 76% connected

of Stretch

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String 76% connected

A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larg…

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Teaching 76% connected

of Teach

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Telephone 76% connected

An instrument for reproducing sounds, especially articulate speech, at a distance.

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Wait 76% connected

To watch; to observe; to take notice.

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Narrower term 5

Coextension 76% connected

The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.

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Ell 76% connected

A measure for cloth; -- now rarely used. It is of different lengths in different countries; the English ell being 45 inches, the Dutch or Flemish ell…

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Spread 76% connected

of Spread

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Spreading 76% connected

of Spread

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Stretch 76% connected

To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Derivationally related 10

Broaden 74% connected

To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

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Broaden 74% connected

To grow broad; to become broader or wider.

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Disperse 74% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

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Disperse 74% connected

To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations.

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Propagate 74% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

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Propagate 74% connected

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or she…

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Refer 74% connected

To carry or send back.

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Refer 74% connected

To carry or send back.

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Stretch 74% connected

To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Stretch 74% connected

To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Containing whole 2

Building 70% connected

of Build

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Edifice 70% connected

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric; -- chiefly applied to elegant houses, and other large buildings; as, a palace, a church, a statehou…

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Synonym 8

Annex 92% connected

To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to.

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Denotation 92% connected

The marking off or separation of anything.

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Elongation 92% connected

The act of lengthening, or the state of being lengthened; protraction; extension.

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Lengthiness 92% connected

The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity.

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Prolongation 92% connected

The act of lengthening in space or in time; extension; protraction.

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Propagation 92% connected

The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants.

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Reference 92% connected

The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance.

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Wing 92% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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Antonym 2

Flexion 94% connected

The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

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Flexion 94% connected

The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

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