English-Thai Dictionary

extent

N ขอบเขต  ขนาด  range scope kob-ked

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTENT

a.Extended.

 

EXTENT

n.[L. extentus. It is frequently accented on the first syllable. ] 1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, compass; bulk; size; as a great extent of country, or of body.
2. Length; as an extent of line.
3. Communication; distribution.
The extent of equal justice.
4. In law, a writ of execution or extendi facias, commanding a sheriff to value the lands of a debtor; or extent is the act of the sheriff or commissioner in making the valuation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXTENT

Ex *tent ", a. Etym: [L. extentus, p. p. of extendere. See Extend. ]

 

Defn: Extended. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

EXTENT

Ex *tent ", n. Etym: [L. extentus, fr. extendere. See Extend. ]

 

1. Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity. Life in its large extent is scare a span. Cotton.

 

2. Degree; measure; proportion. "The extent to which we can make ourselves what we wish to be. " Lubbock.

 

3. (Eng. Law ) (a ) A peculiar species of execution upon debts due to the crown, under which the lands and goods of the debtor may be seized to secure payment. (b ) A process of execution by which the lands and goods of a debtor are valued and delivered to the creditor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

extent

ex tent |ikˈstent ɪkˈstɛnt | ▶noun [ in sing. ] the area covered by something: an enclosure ten acres in extent. • the degree to which something has spread; the size or scale of something: the extent of AIDS infection. • the amount to which something is or is believed to be the case: everyone will have to compromise to some extent | they altered the document to such an extent that it contained little in the way of new policy. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘valuation of property, esp. for taxation purposes ’): from Anglo-Norman French extente, from medieval Latin extenta, feminine past participle of Latin extendere ‘stretch out ’ (see extend ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

extent

ex ¦tent |ɪkˈstɛnt, ɛk- | ▶noun [ in sing. ] 1 the area covered by something: an enclosure ten acres in extent. • the size or scale of something: the extent of global warming. 2 the particular degree to which something is or is believed to be the case: everyone will have to compromise to some extent | decision-making was to a large extent outside his control. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘valuation of property, especially for taxation ’): from Anglo-Norman French extente, from medieval Latin extenta, feminine past participle of Latin extendere ‘stretch out ’ (see extend ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

extent

extent noun 1 two acres in extent: area, size, expanse, length; proportions, dimensions. 2 the full extent of her father's illness: degree, scale, level, magnitude, scope; size, breadth, width, reach, range.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

extent

extent noun 1 the garden was about two acres in extent: area, size, expanse, length, stretch, range, scope, compass; proportions, dimensions. 2 she kept the full extent of her father's illness from her cousin: degree, scale, level, magnitude, scope, extensiveness, amount, size; coverage, breadth, width, reach, range, compass, comprehensiveness, thoroughness, completeness, all-inclusiveness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

extent

ex tent /ɪkstént /→extend 名詞 1 U 〖時にan ～〗(大きさ 重要性などの )程度 , 範囲 , 限度 , 限界 ▸ to an [some, a certain ] extent ある程度まで ▸ to a great [large ] extent 大いに ▸ To what extent are you concerned? どの程度まで君が関係しているのか ▸ I was lucky to that extent .私はそのくらい運がよかった ▸ to a greater or lesser extent 多かれ少なかれ ▸ I did not realize the extent to which my father's death had changed my life .父の死がどれほど私の人生を変えてしまったか気づいていなかった ▸ the full [true ] extent of the damage 被害の全範囲 [実際の規模 ]2 U 〖時にan ～〗(場所の )広さ , 大きさ ; 広がり ▸ The universe is finite in extent .宇宙の広さは有限である 3 C 〘法 〙差押令状 .to s ù ch an ext é nt that …＝to the extent that …(1 ).to the ext é nt of A Aの限度 [限界 ]まで (!Aは 名詞 動名 ) ▸ supply money to the extent of 100,000 yen 10万円まで金を出す ▸ He declared the existence of ETs, even to the extent of describing their characters .彼は異星人の存在を主張するばかりか, その性格を描写することまでした to the ext é nt that …1 …するほど, それほど …なので ▸ They injured his back to the extent that he had to retire from wrestling .彼らは, 彼がレスリングを引退せざるをえないほど腰を痛めつけた 2 …という点で, …する程度に応じて ▸ I agree to the extent that this technology will be greatly valued .この技術が大いに評価されるだろうという点では私も同意見だ