Thesaurus: extent

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1. a. Extended.
2. n. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity.
3. n. Degree; measure; proportion.
4. n. A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment.
5. n. A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
6. n. the point or degree to which something extends
7. n. the distance or area or volume over which something extends
8. Extended. [Obs.] Spenser. 1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity. Life in its large extent is scare a span. Cotton. 2. Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be." Lubbock. 3. (Eng. Law) (a) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. (b) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
9. Extended. [Obs.] Spenser.
10. n:100 n. the point or degree to which something extends n. the distance or area or volume over which something extends