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extent.

A range of values or locations.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪkˈstɛnt/
  1. A range of values or locations.

  2. 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.
  3. A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

  4. The valuation of property.

  5. A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.

Where this word comes from

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.)

adj/ɪkˈstɛnt/
  1. Extended.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.)

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