Thursday, June 15, 2006

extent

  • noun
1 [singular] how big, important, or serious something is:
?What's the extent of the damage?
?Violence has increased to such an extent that people are afraid to leave their homes.

2 to some extent/to a certain extent partly but not completely:
?To some extent, it was my fault.

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