extent
Syllables: ex·tent/ɪkˈstɛnt/
extent noun: a range of values or locations.
Noun
extent (plural extents)
- A range of values or locations.
- The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
- I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word.
- The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
- A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
- Each extent contains one or more contiguous clusters. The file system describes each extent with two numbers: the number of the first cluster in the extent, and the number of clusters in the extent.2019, Richard E. Smith, Elementary Information Security, page 205
- The valuation of property.
- A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.
- Well, push him out of doors;
And let my officers of such a nature
Make an extent upon his house and lands.
Do this expediently, and turn him going.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Well, push him out of doors;
Adjective
extent
- Extended.
- But both his Hands, most filthy feculent,
Above the Water were on high extent,1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- But both his Hands, most filthy feculent,
extent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
extent in Hindi
- space, area, volume to which something extends
- विस्तार vistār
extent in Tamil
- பாவெல்லை, நீட்களம், அளவு, பரப்பு, நீள அகலங்கள், பரிமாணம்
extent in Marathi
- extent, scale, proportion
- प्रमाण pramāṇ
- extent, reach, fathom
- व्यायाम vyāyām
extent in Urdu
- extent, reach
- دائرہ dāira
- extent
- سرحد sarhad
More languagesFewer languages
- extent in Bengali
- বিস্তার bistar, ব্যাপ্তি bêpti, মাপ map
- extent in Telugu
- కొలది koladi
- extent in Malayalam
- വിസ്താരം vistāraṁ, വ്യാപ്തി vyāpti, പരിധി paridhi
- extent in Kannada
- ಬೀದಿ bīdi
- extent in Gujarati
- હદ
- extent in Sanskrit
- ऋद्धि ṛ́ddhi, भूमि bhū́mi
- extent in Arabic
- اِتِّسَاع ittisāʕ, مَدَّى maddā
- extent in Thai
- ขอบข่าย, ขนาด kà-nàat
Examples of extent in a sentence
- The full extent of my injuries did not become evident until they tried to move me.
- After exploratory surgery, the extent of the problem was localized to the left lower quadrant.
- The full extent of her injuries did not become evident until they tried to move her.
Synonyms of extent
Forms of extent
| plural | extents |
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Origin of extent
From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.)
Words formed from extent
Words that rhyme with extent
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- repent
- ascent
- rent
- resent
- scent
- absent
- augment
- cement
- content
- fragment
- lent
- prevent
- anent
- consent
- dent
- dissent
- percent
- relent
- spent
- Tashkent
- tent
- accent
- circumvent
- convent
- discontent
- intent
- invent
- went
- %
- assent
- dement
- ferment
- foment
- gent
- Gwent
- incent
- lament
- malcontent
- reinvent
- stent
- underrepresent
- attent
- big tent
- blent
- detent
- diapertent
- djent
- ent
Questions about extent
- What does extent mean?
- Extent means a range of values or locations.
- What is extent in Hindi?
- Extent in Hindi is विस्तार (vistār). See Extent meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is extent?
- Extent can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce extent?
- Extent is pronounced /ɪkˈstɛnt/.
- What is the plural of extent?
- The plural of extent is extents.
Words near extent in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: extent (page history and authors); extent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); प्रमाण (Marathi) (page history and authors); دائرہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); বিস্তার (Bengali) (page history and authors); కొలది (Telugu) (page history and authors); പരിധി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಬೀದಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); extent (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ऋद्धि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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