extent

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ex=tent
• COUNT in NET: 10 in 10 verses (in OT : 7 in 7 verses) (in NT : 3 in 3 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

extent, a. [L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See Extend.].

 Extended.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

extent, n. [L. extentus, fr. extendere. See Extend.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Life in its large extent is scare a span."  [1913 Webster]
•  Degree; measure; proportion.  Lubbock.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

extent, n.
1 the space over which a thing extends.
2 the width or limits of application; scope (to a great extent; to the full extent of their power).

Etymology

ME f. AF extente f. med.L extenta past part. of L extendere: see EXTEND

THESAURUS

extent

acreage, aesthetic distance, ambit, amount, amplitude, area, beam, bigness, body, bounds, breadth, broadness, bulk, caliber, capaciousness, clearance, compass, continuum, coverage, cut, deep space, degree, depth, depths of space, diameter, dimension, dimensions, distance, distance across, divergence, domain, emptiness, empty space, enormousness, expanse, expansion, extension, farness, field, force, fullness, galactic space, gauge, girth, grade, greatness, height, immensity, infinite space, infinity, interstellar space, interval, largeness, latitude, leap, leeway, length, lengthiness, lengths, level, light-years, limit, limitation, linear measures, long time, longitude, longness, magnitude, margin, mark, mass, matter, measure, measurement, mileage, neighborhood, notch, nothingness, nuance, numbers, orbit, order, outer space, overall length, parsecs, pas, peg, period, perpetuity, perspective, piece, pitch, plane, plateau, point, proportion, proportions, province, purview, quantity, quantum, radius, range, ratio, reach, region, remoteness, remove, round, rung, scale, scope, separation, shade, shadow, size, space, spaciousness, span, spatial extension, sphere, spread, stair, standard, step, stint, strength, stretch, stride, substance, sum, superficial extension, surface, sweep, territory, tract, tread, tune, vicinity, void, volume, way, ways, whole, wideness, width, yardage

ROGET THESAURUS

extent

Degree

N degree, grade, extent, measure, amount, ratio, stint, standard, height, pitch, reach, amplitude, range, scope, caliber, gradation, shade, tenor, compass, sphere, station, rank, standing, rate, way, sort, point, mark, stage, intensity, strength, comparative, gradual, shading off, within the bounds, by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto, however, howsoever, step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop, a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little, in some degree, in some measure, to some extent, di grado in grado.

Space

N space, extension, extent, superficial extent, expanse, stretch, hyperspace, room, scope, range, field, way, expansion, compass, sweep, swing, spread, dimension, length, distance, size, volume, hypervolume, latitude, play, leeway, purchase, tolerance, room for maneuver, spare room, elbow room, house room, stowage, roomage, margin, opening, sphere, arena, open space, free space, void, waste, wildness, wilderness, moor, moorland, campagna, abyss, unlimited space, infinity, world, ubiquity, length and breadth of the land, proportions, acreage, acres, acres and perches, roods and perches, hectares, square miles, square inches, square yards, square centimeters, square meters, yards (clothing), ares, arpents, spacious, roomy, extensive, expansive, capacious, ample, widespread, vast, world-wide, uncircumscribed, boundless, shoreless, trackless, pathless, extended, extensively, wherever, everywhere, far and near, far and wide, right and left, all over, all the world over, throughout the world, throughout the length and breadth of the land, under the sun, in every quarter, in all quarters, in all lands, here there and everywhere, from pole to pole, from China to Peru, from Indus to the pole, from Dan to Beersheba, from end to end, on the face of the earth, in the wide world, from all points of the compass, to the four winds, to the uttermost parts of the earth.