Associations to the word «Extent»

Wiktionary

EXTENT, noun. A range of values or locations.
EXTENT, noun. The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
EXTENT, noun. (computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
EXTENT, adjective. (obsolete) Extended.

Dictionary definition

EXTENT, noun. The point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right".
EXTENT, noun. The distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke