Extent
Definitions
- A range of values or locations.
- The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
- A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
- The valuation of property.
- A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.
- A former tent
Equivalents
Examples
“I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word.”
“The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.”
“But when they came where that dead Dragon lay⟳, / Stretcht on the ground in monstrous large extent”
“The surface of the Balaton and the surrounding marshes is not less than 24 German square miles, or 384 English square miles; its principal feeder is the Szala, but all the water it receives appears inconsiderable relatively to its superficial extent, and the quantity lost in evaporation.”
“[S]he [Edwina, mother of Tennessee Williams] was indeed Amanda [Wingfield, character in Williams' play⟳ The Glass Menagerie] in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink⟳ and sex to the greatest extent possible.”
“Each extent contains one or more contiguous clusters. The file⟳ system describes each extent with two numbers: the number⟳ of the first cluster in the extent, and the number⟳ of clusters in the extent.”
“Well, push⟳ him out of doors; And let⟳ my officers of such a nature Make⟳ an extent upon his house and lands. Do this expediently, and turn⟳ him going.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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