extent

Words with a similar base: extent

'extent'

[extent.n.01] as in: the point or degree to which something extends

Examples:
the extent of the damage
the full extent of the law
to a certain extent she was right

'extent'

[extent.n.02] as in: the distance or area or volume over which something extends

Examples:
the vast extent of the desert
an orchard of considerable extent

Origins

					extent (English)
└── extente (Anglo-Norman)
    └── estente (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── extendre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── extendere (Latin)

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