Associations to the word «Extent»
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Adjective
Verb
Adverb
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 are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.