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Word: Extent
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (in the sense ‘valuation of property, especially for taxation’): from Anglo-Norman French extente, from medieval Latin extenta, feminine past participle of Latin extendere ‘stretch out’ (see extend)
ɪkˈstɛnt
ɛkˈstɛnt
the area covered by something
Short Definition:area covered by something
Examples:- an enclosure ten acres in extent
the particular degree to which something is or is believed to be the case
Short Definition:particular degree to which something is or is believed to be case
Examples:- everyone will have to compromise to some extent
- decision-making was to a large extent outside his control
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