English > extent: 2 senses > noun 2, attribute| Meaning | The distance or area or volume over which something extends. |
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| Examples | - "the vast extent of the desert"
- "an orchard of considerable extent"
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| Narrower | area, expanse, surface area | The extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary |
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| coverage | The extent to which something is covered |
| depth, deepness | The extent downward or backward or inward |
| frontage | The extent of land abutting on a street or water |
| length | The property of being the extent of something from beginning to end / end / end |
| limit, bound, boundary | The greatest possible degree of something |
| scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit | An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control |
| Broader | magnitude | The property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) |
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| Spanish | alcance, extensión |
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| Catalan | extensió |
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| Verbs | extend | span an interval / interval of distance, space or time |
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| extend | stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope |
