to that extent
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3.9
- idiom
:
hasta ese punto
- To that extent, then, you did submit yourself to the system?
- so to that extent
So it it worked to that extent.
- So it it worked to that extent.
- It started to become an entire identity, not one that I perceived to that extent.
- You knew the breakup was coming because no healthy couple documents the relationship to that extent.
- So they searched all the legit soldiers, said we would not go to that extent.
- But for great majority of diseases, genes are not deterministic to that extent.
- And so to that extent, I'm like all for research on humanoid robots, development of humanoid robots.
- So to that extent, I'm not minimizing the pain of it, but there's a there's a much worse situation you could have found yourself in.
- Because I've never been on the end of a Twitter shitstorm to that extent.
- So I think the people in the industry got that message and and no more shady bullshit to that extent happened since that time.
- At least we're not to that extent because of this frown upon.
- The right man will know what you deserve something to that extent.
Examples
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To that extent, it has a scheme which guarantees adequate security and support for the needy and disabled.
Academic text (2011) -
To that extent, calls for methodological rigor should not be dismissed offhand.
Academic text (1997) -
So to that extent I think we can say the jury may still be out.
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I can see mine supporting my dreams, but not quite to that extent!
Blog text (12) -
Can the whole strategic view of a country be wrong to that extent?
Blog text (29) -
To that extent, the states were one nation, dealing with other nations as equals.
Academic text (1996) -
Because I agree with you to that extent that I think the modern curriculum doesn't teach children truly what they need to know.
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Disrupting the normal flow of civilian air traffic to that extent for any length of time would seriously affect the national economy.
Fiction book (1996) -
To that extent, the real and potential social and cultural sustainability of Wessex Estate seems promising.
Academic text (2009) -
I understand your point, but I don't agree with it to that extent since I have my own perspective.
Synonyms
98
3.5
As much as something is true or known
35
6.7
To the extent that something is true or happens
3
3.9
It applies at the level already mentioned
2
6.0
Only to the degree that something is true
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to the degree mentioned' is directly and compositionally derivable from the constituents: 'that' specifies the degree and 'extent' denotes degree/amount, with 'to' forming the prepositional phrase. This is a common, transparent degree construction found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the parts should be able to understand it.
Etymology
The phrase to that extent comes from the image of reaching a certain level or limit, like filling a glass up to a marked line. The word extent means how far or how much, so to that extent simply means 'as much as is said' or 'to that degree'.