Definitions

extent

[ik-stent] / ɪkˈstɛnt /

NOUN

range, magnitude

Synonyms

STRONGEST

amount breadth degree duration expansion intensity length matter measure quantity scope size term

STRONG

ambit amplitude area bounds bulk capaciousness compass dimensions expanse extension leeway limit mass neighborhood orbit order play proliferation proportions purview radius reach space spaciousness span sphere stretch sweep territory time tract tune vicinity volume wideness width

WEAK

admeasurement elbowroom period of time

Antonyms

STRONG

extreme

Example Sentences

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Extent of the flooding if the bulkhead had been watertight.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

His album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent, is the fastest-selling debut by a British artist in eight years.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2019

His record Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent was the fastest-selling album of the year until it was overtaken by Ed Sheeran's latest release.

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2019

His essay, Considerations on the Nature and Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Parliament, circulated among the other delegates.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Mesure la vaste étendue Measure the vast immense Extent De ces Globes, qu’offre à la vue Of all those Globes that may be seen Un tems serein et lumineux.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

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