extent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
  2. noun the distance or area or volume over which something extends
    • the vast extent of the desert
    • an orchard of considerable extent

WordNet

Ex*tent" adjective
Etymology
L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See Extend.
Definitions
  1. Extended. Obs. Spenser.
Ex*tent" noun
Etymology
L. extentus, fr. extendere. See Extend.
Definitions
  1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
    Life in its large extent is scare a span. Cotton.
  2. Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock.
  3. (Eng. Law) (a) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. (b) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.

Webster 1913