单词 | extent |
释义 | extent (once / 102 pages) n The extent is the area something covers. That could be physical space or something like being prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Use the word extent when you are discussing how far something extends — how far it reaches. If you're an expert, the extent of your knowledge is wide. If you own a lot of property, the extent of your land is huge. The full extent of something is like the limit — that's the end of it. If you've reached the extent of your patience, you're out of patience. If an earthquake destroyed your house, the extent of the damage was severe. WORD FAMILYextent: extents USAGE EXAMPLESThat revelation called into question to what extent Whaley is kept in the loop. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) To a great extent, the event sets the rules for the hosts. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The social impact will be even greater, to an extent that is very hard to fully imagine right now. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the point or degree to which something extends the extent of the damage the full extent of the law to a certain extent she was right Hyper degree, level, point, stage a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process 2n the distance or area or volume over which something extends the vast extent of the desert an orchard of considerable extent Hypo|Hyper coverage the extent to which something is covered frontagethe extent of land abutting on a street or water bound, boundary, limitthe greatest possible degree of something ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach, scopean area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" area, expanse, surface areathe extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary lengththe property of being the extent of something from beginning to end deepness, depththe extent downward or backward or inward knife-edgea narrow boundary absoluteness, starkness, utternessthe quality of being complete or utter or extreme heat barrier, thermal barriera limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating level best, maximum, utmost, uttermostthe greatest possible degree brink, vergethe limit beyond which something happens or changes approximate range, ballparknear to the scope or range of something confinesa bounded scope contrastthe range of optical density and tone on a photographic negative or print (or the extent to which adjacent areas on a television screen differ in brightness) internationalism, internationalityquality of being international in scope latitudescope for freedom of e.g. action or thought; freedom from restriction horizon, purview, viewthe range of interest or activity that can be anticipated expanse, sweepa wide scope gamuta complete extent or range: "a face that expressed a gamut of emotions" spectruma broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities palette, palletthe range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art acreage, land areaan area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming) footprintthe area taken up by some object deepness, profoundness, profunditythe quality of being physically deep draft, draughtthe depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) penetrationthe depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target) soundinga measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line shallownessthe quality of lacking physical depth erasurea surface area where something has been erased blank space, place, spacea blank area spaceone of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff balk, baulkthe area on a billiard table behind the balkline plane section, section(geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid magnitude the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) |
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