Extent Definition
ĭk-stĕnt
noun
The space, amount, or degree to which a thing extends; size; length; breadth.
Webster's New World
Range or limits of anything; scope; coverage.
Webster's New World
An extended space; vast area.
An extent of woodland.
Webster's New World
A writ directing the seizure of a debtor's property to compel payment of the debt.
Webster's New World
The seizure in execution of such a writ.
American Heritage
adjective
(obsolete) Extended.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Extent
Noun
Singular:
extent
Plural:
extentsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Extent
Origin of Extent
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Middle English extente assessment on land from Anglo-Norman from feminine past participle of extendre to extend from Latin extendere extend
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Anglo-Norman extente, from Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from extendre (“extend”), from Latin extendere (See extend.)
From Wiktionary
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