What does "extent" mean?
A range of values or locations.
Extent
/ɪkˈstɛnt/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A range of values or locations.
- Grammar: extent is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: a wide range, acreage, aesthetic distance, ambit.
- Useful contrasts: absence, boundary, contraction.
- Usage evidence: I accept what you say to some extent.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A range of values or locations.
- 2 the distance or area or volume over which something extends wordnet
- 3 The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
"I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word."
- 4 the point or degree to which something extends wordnet
- 5 A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
"Each extent contains one or more contiguous clusters. The file system describes each extent with two numbers: the number of the first cluster in the extent, and the number of clusters in the extent."
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- 6 The valuation of property.
- 7 A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.
"Well, push him out of doors; And let my officers of such a nature Make an extent upon his house and lands. Do this expediently, and turn him going."
- 8 A former tent
Adjective
- 1 Extended. obsolete
"But both his Hands, most filthy feculent, Above the Water were on high extent,"
Synonyms
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Example
"I accept what you say to some extent."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "extent"?
Common synonyms include: a wide range, acreage, aesthetic distance, ambit, amount, amount.
How do you use "extent" in a sentence?
I accept what you say to some extent.
How do you pronounce "extent"?
Pronounced /ɪkˈstɛnt/.
Etymology
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.)