Associations to the word «Extent»

Wiktionary

EXTENT, noun. A range of values or locations.
EXTENT, noun. The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
EXTENT, noun. (computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
EXTENT, adjective. (obsolete) Extended.

Dictionary definition

EXTENT, 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".
EXTENT, noun. The distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley