extent

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

Noun

1. the length, area, or size of something

2. the scale or seriousness of a situation or difficulty: the extent of the damage

3. the degree or amount to which something applies: to a certain extent that's true

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

noun 2. size, area, range, length, reach, bounds, sweep, sphere, width, compass, breadth, ambit

Translations

extent [ɪkˈstɛnt] n (= breadth) → extensión f (= scope) [of knowledge, activities] → alcance m (= degree) [of damage, loss] → grado;

to some extent → hasta cierto punto;

to a certain extent → hasta cierto punto;

to a large extent → en gran parte;

to the extent of... → hasta el punto de...;

to such an extent that... → hasta tal punto que...;

to what extent? → ¿hasta qué punto?;

debts to the extent of £5000 → deudas por la cantidad de £5000

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extent [ɪkˈstɛnt] n → étendue f (= degree) [of damage, loss] → importance f;

to some extent → dans une certaine mesure;

to a certain extent → dans une certaine mesure, jusqu'à un certain point;

to a large extent → en grande partie;

to the extent of ... → au point de ...;

to what extent? → dans quelle mesure?, jusqu'à quel point?;

to such an extent that ... → à tel point que ...

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extent [ɪksˈtɛnt] n → Ausdehnung f;

(of problem, damage, loss etc) → Ausmaß nt;

to some extent → bis zu einem gewissen Grade;

to a certain extent → in gewissem Maße;

to a large extent → in hohem Maße;

to the extent of ... (debts) → in Höhe von ...;

to go to the extent of doing sth → so weit gehen, etw zu tun;

to such an extent that ... → dermaßen, dass ...;

to what extent? → inwieweit?

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extent [ɪkˈstɛnt] n → estensione f [of knowledge, activities, power] → portata (= degree) [of damage, loss] → proporzioni fpl;

to some extent → fino a un certo punto;

to a certain/large extent → in certa/larga misura;

to what extent? → fino a che punto?;

to such an extent that ... → a tal punto che ...

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exˈtent

n exˈtent [-t]

1 the area or length to which something extends The bird's wings measured 20 centimetres at their fullest extent; The garden is nearly a kilometre in extent; A vast extent of grassland. uitgestrektheid مساحَه، حَجْم ширина rozsah; plocha omfang; størrelse die Länge, die Ausdehnung έκταση extensión ulatus گستردگی؛ وسعت laajuus étendue הֵיקֶף, גוֹדֶל ה- विस्तार, फैलाव veličina, prostranstvo kiterjedés rentang yfirgrip, víðátta, stærð, lengd estensione, ampiezza 広がり 넓이, 길이 ilgis, plotis, plotas apjoms; lielums; plašums rentang omvang størrelse, areal, omfang, utstrekning rozmiar, zasięg, rozciągłość extensão întindere протяжённость;размер rozsah; rozloha obseg mera utsträckning, omfång, vidd ขอบเขต yayılım, uzanım, genişlik 範圍，長度 протяжність; розмір رقبہ جس پر کوئی چیز پھیلی ہو quy mô 范围，长度

2 amount; degree What is the extent of the damage?; To what extent can we trust him? omvang مدى، دَرَجَه степен rozsah; míra udstrækning; omfang; grad das Ausmaß έκταση, βαθμός amplitud, alcance määr میزان؛ درجه määrä ampleur, mesure מִידָה सीमा procjena, razmjer mérték tingkat umfang; magn; mark ampiezza; punto 程度 정도 dydis, laipsnis, mastas kādā mērā...? peringkat mate omfang, grad, rekkevidde, utstrekning rozmiar, stopień extensão/grau amploare, măsură степень miera obseg, mera mera omfattning, utsträckning จำนวน ระดับ derece, ölçü 程度 ступінь, міра حد، درجہ mức độ 程度

to a certain extent / to some extent

partly but not completely. mate إلى مدى مُعَيَّن، إلى حَدٍ ما до известна степен do určité míry til en vis grad; i nogen grad bis zu einem gewissen Ausmaß ως ενός σημείου hasta cierto punto mingil määral تا اندازه ای؛ تا مقداری jossain määrin un certain jusqu'à point בְּמִידָה מְסוּיֶמֶת निश्चित तौर पर बढ़ाना do određene mjere egy bizonyos fokig sampai batas tertentu að vissu/einhverju marki fino a che punto ある程度までは 어느 정도까지 tam tikru mastu zināmā mērā sampai satu tahap in zekere mate til en viss grad w pewnej mierze até certo ponto până la un (anumit) punct до некоторой степени do určitej miery do neke mere do određene mere i viss mån/ i någon mån บางส่วนแต่ยังไม่เสร็จสมบูรณ์ bir dereceye kadar 在某種程度上 до певної міри کچھ حد تک tới một mức độ nhất định 在某种程度上