extent

/ɪkˈstɛnt/
noun

A range of values or locations.

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Noun 4 meanings

  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.”

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

  4. The valuation of property.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

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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EXTENT at a glance

EXTENT has 6 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (E 1 + X 8 + T 1 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,099 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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