What does extent mean in English? Meaning of extent definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "extent": the point or degree to which something extends
Noun
Meaning: the point or degree to which something extendsExample: the extent of the damage
the full extent of the law
to a certain extent she was rightSynonyms: extentHypernyms: degree
level
point
stageMeaning of "extent": the distance or area or volume over which something extends
Noun
Meaning: the distance or area or volume over which something extendsExample: the vast extent of the desert
an orchard of considerable extentSynonyms: extentHyponyms: ambit
area
bound
boundary
compass
coverage
deepness
depth
expanse
frontage
length
limit
orbit
range
reach
scope
surface areaHypernyms: magnitudeAdjective: A range of values or locations.The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends. The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words. 1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, Edinburgh: Adam Black, volume 6, book 101, page 285: The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation. 2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, The New York Times: [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.1827, Conrad Malte-Brun, Universal Geography, or A Description of All the Parts of the World, on a New Plan, Edinburgh: Adam Black, volume 6, book 101, page 285: The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation.2014 November 14, Blake Bailey, “'Tennessee Williams,' by John Lahr [print version: Theatrical victory of art over life, International New York Times, 18 November 2014, p. 13]”, The New York Times: [S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.(computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.Synonyms:
breadth, term, length, degree, intensity, expansion, matter, amount, measure, duration, scope, quantity, size, purview, neighborhood, proportions, tract, sweep, sphere, radius, leeway, ambit, span, dimensions, area, stretch, vicinity, width, mass, territory, play, proliferation, reach, expanse, volume, capaciousness, compass, tune, bulk, extension, space, orbit, limit, amplitude, time, order, admeasurement, bounds, wideness, spaciousness, elbowroom, period of time,
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