extent
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3.5
- noun
- /ɪkˈstɛnt/
- Her practiced eye discerned its full extent, twenty feet or more from giant head to snaky tail.
- spatial extent
- extent of sea ice
- extent of habitat
Examples
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Reports are unclear as to the extent of the devastation, but, from all accounts, Los Angeles, Washington, and New York have been left in ruins...
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Historical records indicate that Arctic sea-ice extent has been declining since the late 19th century.
Blog text (9) -
Now you will know the full extent of it.
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This is the extent of your plan?
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Can you show me the full extent of the castle?
Fiction book (1998) -
The other big question is what is the extent of the biosphere?
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I was astonished at the extent of his reputation.
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You'll be stripped of your license and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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The length of your recovery is determined by the extent of your injuries.
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Cholera arrived in Britain and this map shows the extent of the pandemic across the country.
Synonyms
935
2.9
The area or limits where something has an effect
653
2.6
The size or level of something compared with others
315
1.0
The distance from one end to the other of something
267
3.9
A large amount of something, often items or activity
143
1.0
How far down something goes from its top to its bottom
131
4.1
A measurement like length, width, or height
124
2.7
A long continuous part of land, road, or water
80
1.0
Distance across something from one side to the other
46
4.6
A wide open area like land or water
11
3.9
The distance from one side of something to the other
1
2.2
A large distance or range across something
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8.8
How large or wide something is and how far it reaches
Antonyms
Idioms
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Extent comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and tendere 'to stretch', the same root as extend. So when we talk about the extent of a glacier or a city park, we mean how far it 'stretches out' across the land.