Extent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The range, magnitude, or distance over which a thing extends: landowners unaware of the extent of their own holdings.
  • n. The degree to which a thing extends: prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
  • n. An extensive space or area: an extent of desert.
  • n. Law A writ allowing a creditor to assume temporary ownership of a debtor's property.
  • n. Law In Great Britain, a writ allowing a creditor to seize a debtor's property temporarily.
  • n. Law The seizure in execution of such a writ.
  • n. Archaic An assessment or valuation, as of land in Britain, especially for taxation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A range of values or locations.
  • n. The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
  • n. A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Extended.
  • n. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length
  • n. Degree; measure; proportion.
  • n.
  • 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.
  • n. A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The space or degree to which a thing is or may be extended; length; compass; bulk; size; limit: as, the extent of a line; a great extent of country or of body; the utmost extent of one's ability.
  • n. Communication; distribution; bestowal.
  • n. In law: Valuation; specifically, a census or general valuation put upon lands, for the purpose of regulating the proportion of public subsidies or taxes exigible from them, as well as for ascertaining the amount of the casualties due to the superior.
  • n. A peculiar remedy to recover debts of record due to the crown, differing from an ordinary writ of execution at the suit of a subject, in that under it the body, lands, and goods of a debtor may be all taken at once, in order to compel the payment of the debt.
  • n. Logical extension or breadth.
  • n. A violent attack.
  • Extended.
  • To assess; lay on or apportion, as an assessment.
  • To be assessed; be rated for assessment.
  • n. The length and the breadth (of power, greatness, duty, or the like).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the distance or area or volume over which something extends
  • n. the point or degree to which something extends
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    point    level    degree    stage   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    extended    compass    bulk    size    length    degree    measure    proportion    bein   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bendt    Brent    Gent    Ghent    Kent    Lent    Tashkent    Trent    accent    ascent   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amount    importance    magnitude    consequence    depth    degree    size    scope    breadth    strength