A Topical Dictionary: Search for extent

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Noun

range|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.
In the Context of : An individual database extension.

Translations

Finnish: lukualue, alue

Finnish: laajuus, määrä
German: Umfang , Ausmaß

Kurdish:

: étendue,

ang:extent ar:extent fa:extent fr:extent io:extent it:extent kk:extent hu:extent fi:extent ta:extent te:extent vi:extent zh:extent

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Extent \Ex*tent"\, a. [L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See
Extend.]
Extended. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Extent \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.
[1913 Webster]

Life in its large extent is scare a span. --Cotton.
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2. Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can
make ourselves what we wish to be." --Lubbock.
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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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WordNet extent
n 1: 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"
2: the distance or area or volume over which something extends;
"the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of
considerable extent"

Moby Dictionary
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