extent

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the point or degree to which something extends
  2. noun the distance or area or volume over which something extends

Etymology

From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.)

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