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.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Confucius
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. Thomas Sowell
Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. Anais Nin
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
My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger. Aldous Huxley
