extent

Meaning

Noun

1. A range of values or locations.
2. The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
3. A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
4. The valuation of property.
5. A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.

Adj

Extended.

Synonyms

degree

scope

range

size

expanse

limit

dimension

area

magnitude

measure

width

breadth

stretch

amount

sphere

quantity

length

bulk

level

scale

spread

distance

boundary

space

reach

compass

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extension

measurement

volume

span

spaciousness

gauge

circumference

circuit

expansion

domain

tract

spreading

bound

rank

grade

bigness

proportion

purview

field

room

number

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amplitude

largeness

precinct

Translations

étendue

Umfang

Ausmaß

extensão

Größe

ampleur

extensión

έκταση

omvang

mesure

Maß

dimensione

Ausdehnung

misura

Dimension

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪkˈstɛnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: extente

In summary

From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.)

Sentences

At its greatest extent the Naugatuck ran from Bridgeport north to Winsted.