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What (who) is extent - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Extent (disambiguation)
extent
n.
1.
Expansion, expanse, amplitude.
2.
Bulk, size, magnitude, volume.
3.
Length, reach, stretch, compass.
extent
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are talking about how great, important, or serious a difficulty or situation is, you can refer to the extent of it.
The government itself has little information on the extent of industrial pollution...
The full extent of the losses was disclosed yesterday.
N-SING: with supp, usu the N of n
2.
The extent of something is its length, area, or size.
Their commitment was only to maintain the extent of forests, not their biodiversity.
N-SING: with supp, usu the N of n
3.
You use expressions such as to a large extent, to some extent, or to a certain extent in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true.
It was and, to a large extent, still is a good show...
To some extent this was the truth...
PHRASE: PHR with cl [vagueness]
4.
You use expressions such as to what extent, to that extent, or to the extent that when you are discussing how true a statement is, or in what ways it is true.
It's still not clear to what extent this criticism is originating from within the ruling party...
To that extent they helped bring about their own destruction...
PHRASE [vagueness]
5.
You use expressions such as to the extent of, to the extent that, or to such an extent that in order to emphasize that a situation has reached a difficult, dangerous, or surprising stage.
He said he didn't like the president, but not to the extent of wanting to kill him...
PHRASE [emphasis]
extent
¦ noun
1. the area covered by something.
the size or scale of something.
2. the degree to which something is the case: everyone has to compromise to some extent.
Origin
ME (in the sense 'valuation of property'): from Anglo-Norman Fr. extente, from med. L. extenta, feminine past participle of L. extendere (see extend).
Examples of use of extent
1. It is a group of civilians to some extent tribal, to some extent political and to some extent economic.
2. No doubt the rebel leaders were, to a great extent, the victims of their own mis–statements as to the extent of the organisation.
3. "Like most stereotypes, to some extent this one is both inaccurate and outdated." Let‘s get rid of "to some extent", eh?
4. On Sept. 21, 2005, sea ice extent dropped to 2.05 million sq. miles, the lowest extent yet recorded in the satellite record.
5. Netanyahu will tell Obama that the extent of Israel‘s flexibility vis–a–vis Syria will depend on the extent of the administration‘s decisiveness vis–a–vis Iran.