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ex·tent  (k-stnt)

n.

1.

a. The range, magnitude, or distance over which a thing extends: landowners unaware of the extent of their own holdings.

b. The degree to which a thing extends: prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

2. An extensive space or area: an extent of desert.

3. Law

a. A writ allowing a creditor to assume temporary ownership of a debtor's property.

b. In Great Britain, a writ allowing a creditor to seize a debtor's property temporarily.

c. The seizure in execution of such a writ.

4. Archaic An assessment or valuation, as of land in Britain, especially for taxation.

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[Middle English extente, assessment on land, from Anglo-Norman, from feminine past participle of extendre, to extend, from Latin extendere; see extend.]

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extent [ɪkˈstɛnt]

n

1. the range over which something extends; scope the extent of the damage

2. an area or volume a vast extent of concrete

3. (Law) US Law a writ authorizing a person to whom a debt is due to assume temporary possession of his debtor's lands

4. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic another word for extension [11]

[from Old French extente, from Latin extentus extensive, from extendere to extend]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	extent - 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" degree, stage, level, point - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
	2.	extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent" magnitude - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" coverage - the extent to which something is covered; "the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent" frontage - the extent of land abutting on a street or water limit, bound, boundary - the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" ambit, range, scope, reach, compass, orbit - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" surface area, expanse, area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" length - the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words" depth, deepness - the extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet"

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extent

noun

1. magnitude, amount, degree, scale, level, measure, stretch, quantity, bulk, duration, expanse, amplitude The full extent of the losses was revealed yesterday.

2. size, area, range, length, reach, bounds, sweep, sphere, width, compass, breadth, ambit an estate about seven or eight acres in extent

Translations

extent [ɪksˈtent] N

1. (in space) [of land, road] → extensión f

2. (= scope) [of knowledge, damage, activities] → alcance m; [of power] → límite m
the extent of the problem → el alcance or la envergadura del problema
we did not know the extent of his injuries until later → no tuvimos conocimiento del alcance de sus lesiones hasta más tarde

3. (= degree) [of commitment, loss] → grado m
to what extent? → ¿hasta qué punto?
to a certain or to some extent → hasta cierto punto
to a large extent → en gran parte or medida
to a small extent → en menor grado
to such an extent that → hasta tal punto que
to the extent of (= as far as) → hasta el punto de; (in money) → por la cantidad de
to that extent, she is right → en ese sentido, ella tiene razón

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extent [ɪkˈstɛnt] n

(= area) → étendue f

(= degree) [damage, loss] → importance f
the full extent of the problem → toute l'étendue du problème
to some extent, to a certain extent → dans une certaine mesure
to a large extent → en grande partie
to what extent? → dans quelle mesure?, jusqu'à quel point?
to the extent of doing sth → au point de faire qch
to such an extent that ... → à tel point que ...

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extent

n

(= length) → Länge f; (= size) → Ausdehnung f

(= range, scope, of knowledge, alterations, power, activities, commitments) → Umfang m; (of damage, losses) → Ausmaß nt, → Umfang m; debts to the extent of £5,000 → Schulden in Höhe von £ 5.000

(= degree) → Grad m, → Maß nt; to some extent → bis zu einem gewissen Grade; to what extent → inwieweit; to a certain extent → in gewissem Maße; to a large/lesser extent → in hohem/geringerem Maße; she was involved only to the extent of investing a small amount → ihre Beteiligung beschränkte sich auf die Investition einer kleinen Summe; to such an extent that … → dermaßen or derart, dass …; he was ruined to the extent that he had to sell everything → er war dermaßen ruiniert, dass er alles verkaufen musste; such was the extent of the damage → so groß war der Schaden

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extent [ɪksˈtɛnt] n (of land) → estensione f; (of road) → lunghezza; (of knowledge, activities, power) → portata; (degree, of damage, loss) → proporzioni fpl
to what extent → in che misura, fino a che punto
to a certain/large extent → in certa/larga misura
to such an extent that → a tal punto che
to the extent of → fino al punto di
to some extent → fino a un certo punto

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extent [ɪksˈtɛnt] n (of land) → estensione f; (of road) → lunghezza; (of knowledge, activities, power) → portata; (degree, of damage, loss) → proporzioni fpl
to what extent → in che misura, fino a che punto
to a certain/large extent → in certa/larga misura
to such an extent that → a tal punto che
to the extent of → fino al punto di
to some extent → fino a un certo punto

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