extent

noun
ex·tent
/ɪkˈstɛnt/

A range of values or locations.

Other meanings

The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
“I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word.”
A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

Related words

extentive
extentless
multiextent
page extent
to a greater extent
to a lesser extent
to a great extent
to a large extent
to an extent
optical extent
extent of occurrence
to some extent

Example sentences

“I work to the extent my disability allows.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Extend your legs only to the extent of your space.”
Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Word history

From Latin "extendere".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “extent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.