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# extent

noun (extent — usually singular)

«extent» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. How big, long or wide something is; its size or area: the full extent of the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#m1)
2. How much or how far something is true: To what extent do you agree? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#m2)
3. «to some extent» = partly; «to a large extent» = mostly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#m3)

### In the lessons

In exams «to what extent» asks how much you agree or how far something is true; in geography the extent of a desert or ice sheet is its area; in news the extent of damage is how bad it is. Phrases: «to some extent», «to what extent», «the full extent of», «to such an extent that».

### Examples

- We could not see the full extent of the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#x1)
- To what extent was the plan a success? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#x2)
- I agree with you to some extent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#x3)
- The storm's extent was huge: it covered three counties. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#x4)
- Doctors checked the extent of his injuries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#x5)
- The ice's extent shrinks in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#x6)
- I have abridged and to some extent rewritten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/#x7)

### Note

Trap: «extent» (size, amount) vs «extant» (still existing). Usually «the extent of». Formal, frequent in exam questions; in plain talk «how much» or «how big».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «extent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«extent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/extent.html) on Mova free.