UNIVERSITY EXTENSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does university extension mean? 

• UNIVERSITY EXTENSION (noun)
  The noun UNIVERSITY EXTENSION has 1 sense:

1. an educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

  Familiarity information: UNIVERSITY EXTENSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNIVERSITY EXTENSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An educational opportunity provided by colleges and universities to people who are not enrolled as regular students

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

extension; extension service; university extension

Hypernyms ("university extension" is a kind of...):

didactics; education; educational activity; instruction; pedagogy; teaching (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill)

Meronyms (parts of "university extension"):

extension course (a course offered as part of an extension service)