Extent Men Full True I Women ɪkˈstent Problem

• it is difficult to assess the full extent of the damage.
• she was exaggerating the true extent of the problem.
• i was amazed at the extent of his knowledge.
• you can't see the full extent of the beach from here.

extent

1. how large, important, serious, etc. something is
• It is difficult to assess the full extent of the damage.
• She was exaggerating the true extent of the problem.
• I was amazed at the extent of his knowledge.
2. the physical size of an area
• You can't see the full extent of the beach from here.
3. used to show how far something is true or how great an effect it has
• To a certain extent, we are all responsible for this tragic situation.
• He had changed to such an extent (= so much) that I no longer recognized him.
• To some extent what she argues is true.
• The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife.
• To what extent is this true of all schools?
• The book discusses the extent to which (= how much) family life has changed over the past 50 years.
• Women generally earn less than men.
• Generally speaking, jobs traditionally done by women are paid at a lower rate than those traditionally done by men.
• In general/By and large, women do not earn as much as men.
• Certain jobs, like nursing and cleaning, are still mainly carried out by women.
• Senior management posts are predominantly held by men.
• Most senior management posts tend to be held by men.
• Women are, for the most part, still paid less than men.
• Economic and social factors are, to a large extent, responsible for women being concentrated in low-paid jobs.

Extra Examples

• At its greatest extent the empire comprised most of western France.
• He had withdrawn from the company of his friends to an alarming extent.
• I will answer your questions about this case to the extent possible.
• People no longer live in small communities to the same extent as they used to.
• The government sought to play down the extent of the problem.
• The network had reached its greatest extent in route mileage.
• The operation revealed the extent of the cancer.
• The overall extent of civilian casualties remained unclear.
• The park is about 20 acres in extent.
• The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, to a lesser extent, wildlife.
• The victory underlined the extent to which Prussia had become a major power.
• Those figures actually understate the extent of the problem.
• To an extent East-West distrust continued throughout the war.
• To an extent= to some degree East-West distrust continued throughout the war.
• To some extent, we are all responsible for this tragic situation.
• We do not yet know the extent of her injuries.
• a lengthy agenda outlining the extent of global environmental problems
• a statement defining the extent of Latvia’s territory
• to reduce the extent of deforestation
• He had changed to such an extent that I no longer recognized him.
• The book discusses the extent to which family life has changed over the past 50 years.
• The island is 300 square kilometres in extent.
• To some extent what she argues is true.
• To what extent is this true of all schools?
• You can’t see the full extent of the beach from here.

Word 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’, from ex- ‘out’ + tendere ‘stretch’.