Meanings
prepositional phrase
- human sciencesUsed to connect the internal logic of two statements.
He argued that the failure of a democratic government, by extension, meant the failure of the people.
Synonyms: hence, consequently, therefore
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseUsed to connect the internal logic of two statements.
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prepositional phraseIn the broad sense; broadly.
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prepositional phraseFiguratively, metaphorically.
Opposite
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Translations
Catalan per extensió
- per extensiólogical consequence
Chinese Mandarin 引申
- 引申 (yǐnshēn)broadly
Dutch bij uitbreiding, overdrachtelijk
- bij uitbreidingbroadly
- overdrachtelijkbroadly
Finnish laajassa merkityksessä
- laajassa merkityksessäbroadly
French par extension, par extension
- par extensionlogical consequence
- par extensionbroadly
German daher, demnach
- daherlogical consequence
- demnachlogical consequence
- demzufolgelogical consequence
- im weiteren Sinnebroadly
Hungarian ezáltal, ennek révén
- ezáltallogical consequence
- ennek révénlogical consequence
- így aztánlogical consequence
- következésképpenlogical consequence
- tágabb értelembenbroadly
Polish zatem, ogólnie
- zatemlogical consequence
- ogólniebroadly
Portuguese por extensão, por extensão
- por extensãological consequence
- por extensãobroadly
Spanish por extensión, por extensión
- por extensiónlogical consequence
- por extensiónbroadly
Welsh mewn ystyr estynedig, trwy estyniad
- mewn ystyr estynedigbroadly
- trwy estyniadbroadly
Cite this entry
APA
by extension. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20extension
MLA
“by extension.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20extension. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “by extension,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20extension.
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