extent
noun
[ ɪkˈstɛnt ]
• the area covered by something.
• "an enclosure ten acres in extent"
Similar:
area,
size,
expanse,
length,
stretch,
range,
scope,
compass,
proportions,
dimensions,
• the particular degree to which something is or is believed to be the case.
• "everyone will have to compromise to some extent"
Similar:
degree,
scale,
level,
magnitude,
scope,
extensiveness,
amount,
size,
coverage,
breadth,
width,
reach,
range,
compass,
comprehensiveness,
thoroughness,
completeness,
all-inclusiveness,
Origin:
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).
