extent /iks”tent / danh từ khoảng rộngvast extent of ground: khoảng đất rộng quy mô, phạm vi, chừng mựcto the extent of one”s power: trong phạm vi quyền lựcto a certain extent: đến một chừng mực nào đó, ở một mức nhất định (pháp lý) sự đánh giá (đất rộng…) (pháp lý) sự tịch thu; văn bản tịch thu (đất ruộng…)
ADJ. full, greatest, maximum, overall The overall extent of civilian casualties remained unclear. | actual, exact, precise, true | geographical, territorial
VERB + EXTENT reach The railway network had reached its greatest extent in route mileage. | see | consider, examine, explore, investigate | assess, calculate, estimate, evaluate, gauge, judge, measure | define, determine, establish, identify a statement defining the extent of Latvia”s territory | discover | acknowledge, appreciate, realize, recognize | know, understand We do not yet know the extent of her injuries. | demonstrate, illustrate, indicate, make clear, reflect, reveal, show The operation revealed the extent of the cancer. | outline a lengthy agenda outlining the extent of global environmental problems | discuss | clarify, explain | emphasize, highlight, underline The victory underlined the extent to which Prussia had become a major power. | exaggerate, overstate She was exaggerating the true extent of the problem. | overestimate | underestimate | play down, underplay, understate The government sought to play down the extent of the problem. | ignore | conceal, obscure | limit, reduce, restrict to reduce the extent of deforestation
PREP. in ~ The park is about 20 acres in extent. | to an ~ To an extent (= to some degree) East-West distrust continued throughout the war. | to a … ~ He had withdrawn from the company of his friends to an alarming extent.
PHRASES at sth”s fullest/greatest extent At its fullest extent the Angevin Empire comprised most of western France. | to a considerable/great/large/significant extent, to a certain/to some extent To some extent, we are all responsible for this tragic situation. | to a lesser/limited/small extent The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife. | to the same extent People no longer live in small communities to the same extent as they used to.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
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
the distance or area or volume over which something extends
n. On a disk or other direct-access storage device, a continuous block of storage space reserved by the operating system for a particular file or program.