extent | ||
1. | [ noun ] the point or degree to which something extends | |
Examples: | "the extent of the damage" "the full extent of the law" "to a certain extent she was right" |
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Related terms: | degree widen | |
2. | [ noun ] the distance or area or volume over which something extends | |
Examples: | "the vast extent of the desert" "an orchard of considerable extent" |
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Related terms: | magnitude scope depth limit area frontage length coverage run | |
3. | [ noun ] a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky | |
Synonyms: | expanse | |
Related terms: | object entity sheet stretch | |
Similar spelling: |
extenuate extension extend_to extend extant extensor extended extensive extensile exodontic exodontia |