Extent definition

Extent

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WordNet

(1) The distance or area or volume over which something extends

"The vast extent of the desert"

"An orchard of considerable extent"

(2) The point or degree to which something extends

"The extent of the damage"

"The full extent of the law"

"To a certain extent she was right"

WiktionaryText

A range of values or locations.
The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.

The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
: An individual database extension.