extent

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈstɛnt/ See IPA manual

Freq #6907

Meanings

1

noun
The degree or level to which something happens or is true.

We were shocked by the extent of the damage after the flood.
2

noun
The size or area that something covers.

From the hill you can see the full extent of the desert.

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Synonyms

expanse extension measure

Word family

Forms extents

Derived forms extentiveextentlessmultiextent

Related forms complete completely degree entirely extend extense full half incomplete largely mainly mostly

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Phrases (1)

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considerable extent
a large area or a substantial degree of something

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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.)

*tend- Proto-Indo-European extente Middle English estente Old French extendere Latin

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# extent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈstɛnt/
**Frequency rank:** 6907

## Meanings
1. The degree or level to which something happens or is true.
2. The size or area that something covers.

## Examples
- We were shocked by the extent of the damage after the flood.
- From the hill you can see the full extent of the desert.

## Synonyms
- expanse
- extension
- measure

## Derived Forms
- extentive
- extentless
- multiextent

## Related Forms
- complete
- completely
- degree
- entirely
- extend
- extense
- full
- half
- incomplete
- largely
- mainly
- mostly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tend-
- Root: extente
- Root: estente
- Root: extendere

## Etymology
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.)

## AI Etymology
Extent comes 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.). In current use, the main senses are “The degree or level to which something happens or is true” and “The size or area that something covers”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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