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   Ex·tent

   /ikˈstent/

   

   noun

   • 1. the area covered by something: "an enclosure ten acres in extent" Similar areasizeexpanselengthstretchrangescopecompassproportionsdimensions
   • ▪ the degree to which something has spread; the size or scale of something: "an in-depth survey will be carried out to establish the extent of the damage"
   • ▪ the amount to which something is or is believed to be the case: "everyone will have to compromise to some extent" Similar degreescalelevelmagnitudescopeextensivenessamountsizecoveragebreadthwidthreachrangecompasscomprehensivenessthoroughnesscompletenessall-inclusiveness

   Word 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).

   Scrabble Points: 13

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