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/ɪkˈstɛnt/
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ɪksˈtɛnt
Noun
A range of values or locations.
The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
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I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word.
The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
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But when they came where that dead Dragon lay, / Stretcht on the ground in monstrous large extent
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.
[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.
A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
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Each extent contains one or more contiguous clusters. The file system describes each extent with two numbers: the number of the first cluster in the extent, and the number of clusters in the extent.
The valuation of property.
A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.
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Well, push him out of doors; And let my officers of such a nature Make an extent upon his house and lands. Do this expediently, and turn him going.
Adjective
Extended.
Usage- Obsolete
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But both his Hands, most filthy feculent, Above the Water were on high extent,
Noun
the point or degree to which something extends
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the extent of the damage
the full extent of the law
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to a certain extent she was right
the distance or area or volume over which something extends
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the vast extent of the desert
an orchard of considerable extent