Extended vs. Extent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Extended and Extent
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Definitions
Extended➦
Stretched or pulled out
An extended telescope.
Extent➦
The area covered by something
An enclosure ten acres in extent
Extended➦
Continued for a long period of time; protracted
Had an extended vacation in the Alps.
Extent➦
The particular degree to which something is or is believed to be the case
Decision-making was to a large extent outside his control
Everyone will have to compromise to some extent
Extended➦
Enlarged or broad in meaning, scope, or influence
An extended sense of the word honest.
Extent➦
The range, magnitude, or distance over which a thing extends
Landowners unaware of the extent of their own holdings.
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Extended➦
Simple past tense and past participle of extend
Extent➦
The degree to which a thing extends
Prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Extended➦
Longer in length or extension; elongated.
Extent➦
An extensive space or area
An extent of desert.
Extended➦
Stretched out or pulled out; expanded.
Extent➦
In Great Britain, a writ allowing a creditor to seize a debtor's property temporarily.
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Extended➦
Lasting longer; protracted.
Extent➦
The seizure in execution of such a writ.
Extended➦
Having a large scope or range; extensive.
Extent➦
(Archaic) An assessment or valuation, as of land in Britain, especially for taxation.
Extended➦
(of a typeface) Wider than usual.
Extent➦
A range of values or locations.
Extended➦
Relatively long in duration; tediously protracted;
A drawn-out argument
An extended discussion
A lengthy visit from her mother-in-law
A prolonged and bitter struggle
Protracted negotiations
Extent➦
The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
Extended➦
Fully extended or stretched forth;
An extended telescope
His extended legs reached almost across the small room
Refused to accept the extended hand
Extent➦
(computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
Extended➦
Great in range or scope;
An extended vocabulary
Surgeons with extended experience
Extensive examples of picture writing
Suffered extensive damage
A wide selection
Extent➦
The valuation of property.
Extended➦
Drawn out or made longer spatially;
Picasso's elongated Don Quixote
Lengthened skirts are fashionable this year
The extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes
A prolonged black line across the page
Extent➦
(legal) A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.
Extended➦
Beyond the literal or primary sense;
`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'
Extent➦
A former tent; something (or someone) that was a tent but no longer is
Extended➦
Large in spatial extent or range;
An extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
Extended farm lands
Extent➦
(obsolete) Extended.
Extent➦
Extended.
Extent➦
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.
Extent➦
Degree; measure; proportion.
Extent➦
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.
Extent➦
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
Extent➦
The distance or area or volume over which something extends;
The vast extent of the desert
An orchard of considerable extent
