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Added 5 October 2026

extent

/ɪkˈstɛnt/ noun

Latin root: extentus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about extent at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A range of values or locations.
The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word.
A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

adjective

Extended.

Origin

From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.)

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