extent
Meaning of extent
- the area covered by something.
an enclosure ten acres in extent
- the particular degree to which something is or is believed to be the case.
everyone will have to compromise to some extent
decision-making was to a large extent outside his control
Middle English (in the sense ‘valuation of property, especially for taxation’): from Anglo-Norman French extente, from medieval Latin extenta, feminine past participle of Latin extendere ‘stretch out’ (see extend).
Information about extent
- It is a name.
- The plural form of extent is: extents.
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Hyphenation of extent
ex-tent
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- extent is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
extent synonyms
Meaning the extent or measurement of a surface or piece of land:
Meaning the relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is:
Meaning a wide continuous area of something:
Meaning the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object:
Meaning a continuous area or expanse of land or water:
Meaning the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale:
Meaning the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant:
Meaning the range or scope of something:
Meaning a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole:
Meaning a measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height:
Meaning the amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present:
Meaning each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another:
Meaning a position on a scale of amount, quantity, extent, or quality:
Meaning the great size or extent of something:
Meaning a quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent:
Meaning the extent to which something deals with something else:
Meaning wide range or extent:
Meaning an act of reaching out with one's arm:
Meaning the state or condition of including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something:
Meaning great care and attention to detail:
Meaning the state or condition of having all the necessary or appropriate parts:
Translation of extent
Words that rhyme with extent
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