to a great extent
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3.5
- idiom
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en gran medida
- I mean, to a great extent we suffer from lack of willingness to face up to the most basic facts.
- depends to a great extent
- to a great extent determined
- to a great extent, still
My, the last entire trilogy I did was about displacement to a great extent due to war.
- My, the last entire trilogy I did was about displacement to a great extent due to war.
- I think to a great extent, Reagan's speeches about freedom revived the American spirit maybe as much as his tax cuts did, Right.
- How well the pre mortem method, right is that to a great extent.
- Both Both choices have regrets and the sort of person you are relies to a great extent on which one can I bear?
Examples
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The economic stability of a family is determined to a great extent by the presence of both parents who are working.
Academic text (2008) -
The United States' policy on stratospheric ozone depletion to a great extent influences the policy choices of other nations.
Academic text (1991) -
It's, it's outside to a great extent of the central banking system.
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It's a vast water supply and used to a great extent to fuel the agriculture industry in this part of the country.
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Background noise can be reduced to a great extent if the walls are covered with noise-absorbing materials.
Academic text (1994) -
Hence, our cognitive capabilities are to a great extent defined by the media that we use.
Academic text (2015) -
Profitability will depend to a great extent on reductions in the price of alternative energy sources.
Academic text (1999) -
The participants of the SI/MAB program come from nongovernmental organizations to a greater extent than participants in other programs.
Academic text (1993) -
The basic data are shaky, and both sets of studies rest to a great extent on subjective judgments.
Academic text (1997) -
The project was successful to a great extent due to the team's hard work.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
∞
1.0
To a very great degree
922
1.0
To a very high degree, often about skill or rank
354
1.8
Shows that something is done a lot
350
1.0
By a very large amount
320
1.0
To a large degree or too much
235
2.8
A fairly large amount
144
3.4
By a large amount
129
3.1
To a very large degree
129
4.9
To a large degree
128
3.5
To a very large degree
103
3.0
By a very large amount
84
2.1
To a very great degree
81
2.4
To a great degree
70
3.5
To a very large degree
57
4.6
To a very great degree
47
3.4
To a great degree
14
8.0
To a very great degree
14
3.9
As much as someone says or suggests
3
3.9
It applies at the level already mentioned
1
3.0
By a much larger amount than others
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to a considerable degree' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'great' (large/significant) with 'extent' (degree/amount), with 'to' + 'a' serving as standard grammatical scaffolding. This is a regular degree-modifying composition found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase to a great extent gives a simple image: the word extent means how far or how much something reaches, so when something reaches a 'great extent' it covers a large part or degree. That's why to a great extent means 'very much' or 'considerably'.