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UK
/ɛkstˈɛnt/
]
[ US /ɪkˈstɛnt/ ]
[ US /ɪkˈstɛnt/ ]
NOUN
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the distance or area or volume over which something extends
an orchard of considerable extent
the vast extent of the desert -
the point or degree to which something extends
the full extent of the law
the extent of the damage
to a certain extent she was right
How To Use extent In A Sentence
- At the extent of about 1/3 of the center of emission rim, the stimulated field density varies a little, can be basically considered as uniform field.
- It is a display font whose forms are extremely thick, up to the extent of being nearly illegible.
- And we -- it does extent all the way up toward Jacksonville, all the way down into West Palm Beach, all the way over to Fort Myers, and northward, almost kind of budging into the pan -- the Big Bend area, almost into the Panhandle, but not quite just yet. CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2004
- Whether these positive initiatives will be enough to overcome disappointment on the limited over-all budget reduction will depend on the extent to which the investor is willing to look beyond near-term sluggishness in North American growth. Budget '85 Special Meeting of The Empire Club of Canada
- This is important for determining the extent to which the congregation may participate in the prayer.
- But the outburst served to confirm the extent of his alienation from reality.
- Unless the context is made very clear, the reader or hearer cannot be sure whether such an expression as ‘fulsome praise’ is meant in the sense ‘generous in amount, extent’ or in the sense Perry suggests.
- To determine the extent of gastric metaplasia, multiple biopsy specimens were collected from standardised sites of the duodenal bulb.
- To a large extent the life you have depends on who your parents were; it's just the luck of the biological draw.
- Since breads play a major role in Indian cuisine, the restaurant imported mud from specific regions of India to make the tandoor, influencing the taste to some extent.