extent
extent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ample
- amplitude
- and
- become
- bit
- bore
- breadth
- broad
- caliber
- calibrate
- corpulence
- crassitude
- degree
- diameter
- dilation
- discous
- drop
- dumpy
- expand
- expansion
- fanlike
- gradually
- however
- howsoever
- inasmuch
- inch
- latifoliate
- latitude
- little
- measure
- outspread
- pro
- radius
- render
- rope
- size
- slow
- some
- space
- squab
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is extent.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
- Canonical URL: https://worddirectanswers.com/word/extent
- Steward: Jason Burns