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extent

ex·tent

UK/ɪkˈstɛnt/ US/ɪˈkstɛnt/ fairly common

noun

1.

the point or degree to which something extends

  • “the extent of the damage”
  • “the full extent of the law”
  • “to a certain extent she was right”
2.

the distance or area or volume over which something extends

  • “the vast extent of the desert”
  • “an orchard of considerable extent”

Origin

From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.)

Phrases

  • extent of occurrence
  • optical extent
  • page extent
  • to a great extent
  • to a greater extent
  • to a large extent
  • to a lesser extent
  • to an extent

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