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Noun: extent  ik'stent or ek'stent
  1. The point or degree to which something extends
    "to a certain extent she was right"; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"
     
  2. The distance, area or volume over which something extends
    "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"

Derived forms: extents

Type of: degree, level, magnitude, phase, phasis, point, stage

Encyclopedia: Extent