Definitions for extent

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extent ex·tent

Spelling: [ik-stent]

IPA: /ɪkˈstɛnt/

Extent is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in extent (eenttx).

Definitions for extent

noun

1. the space or degree to which a thing extends; length, area, volume, or scope:
2. something extended, as a space; a particular length, area, or volume; something having extension:
3. U.S. Law. a writ, or a levy, by which a debtor's lands are valued and transferred to the creditor, absolutely or for a term of years.
4. English Law. Also called writ of extent. a writ to recover debts of a record due to the crown, under which land, property, etc., may be seized. a seizure made under such a writ.
5. Logic. extension (def 12).
6. Archaic. assessment or valuation, as of land.

Origin of extent

1250-1300; Middle English extente assessment Medieval Latin extenta, noun use of feminine of Latin extentus, past participle of extendere to extend

Examples for extent

To the extent of his means he would do what money could to console her!

Could they have outridden the gelding to such an extent as that?

I did not think that it would go to the extent it did, but our office was not shocked.

I do feel that television and movies to some extent—which are even more dangerous—have replaced books in terms of where people go.

You who knew her will realize the depth and extent of my bereavement.

The strong are strong because of harmony with God, at least to some extent.

My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.

That was the extent of it during the peak of the flames, and the numbers that swooshed around in the press the next day.

It is curious to note the extent to which the unexpected has come about.

To what extent was the testimony the grand jury heard corroborated or contradicted by forensic evidence?