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UK [ɪkˈstent] / US noun
1) [uncountable] the size and importance of a problem or situation
extent of:

We were shocked by the extent of the damage.

The government underestimated the extent of the contamination.

the full/true extent:

Doctors still do not know the full extent of his injuries.

2) [singular/uncountable] the degree to which something happens or is likely to happen
the extent to which:

The extent to which your diet is successful depends on your willpower.

Languages vary in the extent to which they rely on word order.

3) [uncountable] the size or area of something

Open the table to its fullest extent.

in extent:

almost an acre in extent

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to a large/great extent — mainly

The complaints were to a large extent valid.

to a lesser/greater extent — used for saying that something is less true/more true than a previous statement

A child's values come from its parents and, to a lesser extent, from its schooling.

to some/a certain/a limited extent — partly, but not completely

To a certain extent, I was relieved.

to the/such an extent that — used for saying that because one thing is happening something else happens

His business is failing to such an extent that it is losing over £20,000 a year.


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