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Definition of Extent
Extent

Extended.

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.

Degree; measure; proportion.

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.

A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.

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Extent Quotations

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance, is because of being a farm kid and being raised in those isolated rural areas.
James E. Jones

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
H. L. Mencken

I like America to some extent.
Michael Moore

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius

Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind.
William Ellery Channing

Extent Translations

extent in Italian is volume, dilatazione
extent in Norwegian is omfang, utstrekning
extent in Spanish is magnitud, perimetro


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