About The Word Extent
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Extent Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Extent?
[n] the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"
[n] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Extent: Related Terms | Find terms related to Extent: acreage | aesthetic distance | ambit | amount | amplitude | area | beam | bigness | body | bounds | breadth | broadness | bulk | caliber | capaciousness | clearance | compass | continuum | coverage | cut | deep space | degree | depth | depths of space | diameter | dimension | dimensions | distance | distance across | divergence | domain | emptiness | empty space | enormousness | expanse | expansion | extension | farness | field | force | fullness | galactic space | gauge | girth | grade | greatness | height | immensity | infinite space | infinity | interstellar space | interval | largeness | latitude | leap | leeway | length | lengthiness | lengths | level | light-years | limit | limitation | linear measures | long time | longitude | longness | magnitude | margin | mark | mass | matter | measure | measurement | mileage | neighborhood | notch | nothingness | nuance | numbers | orbit | order | outer space | overall length | parsecs | pas | peg | period | perpetuity | perspective | piece | pitch | plane | plateau | point | proportion | proportions | province | purview | quantity | quantum | radius | range | ratio | reach | region | remoteness | remove | round | rung | scale | scope | separation | shade | shadow | size | space | spaciousness | span | spatial extension | sphere | spread | stair | standard | step | stint | strength | stretch | stride | substance | sum | superficial extension | surface | sweep | territory | tract | tread | tune | vicinity | void | volume | way | ways | whole | wideness | width | yardage See Also | ambit | area | boundary | bounds | compass | coverage | degree | depth | expanse | frontage | length | level | limit | magnitude | orbit | point | range | reach | scope | stage | surface area Extent In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*tent"\, a. [L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See
{Extend}.]
Extended. [Obs.] --Spenser.
\Ex*tent"\, n. [L. extentus, fr. extendere. See {Extend}.] 1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity. Life in its large extent is scare a span. --Cotton. 2. Degree; measure; proportion. ``The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be.'' --Lubbock. 3. (Eng. Law) (a) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. (b) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor. |
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