{
    "term": "extent",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "how large, important, serious, etc. something is",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It is difficult to assess the **full extent** of the damage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was exaggerating the true extent of the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have launched an investigation to **determine the extent** of police misconduct in this case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We don't know the extent of his injuries at this point."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was amazed at the extent of his knowledge."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government sought to play down the extent of the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The operation revealed the extent of the cancer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The overall extent of civilian casualties remained unclear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We do not yet know the extent of her injuries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lengthy agenda outlining the extent of global environmental problems"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "greatest", "maximum"],
                "verb + extent": ["reach", "see", "consider"],
                "preposition": ["in extent", "to an extent", "to a…extent"],
                "phrases": [
                    "at something’s greatest extent",
                    "to a considerable extent",
                    "to a great extent"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the physical size of an area",
            "sensetop": "in extent",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You can't see the **full extent** of the beach from here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The island is 300 square kilometres in extent.",
                    "contextForm": "in extent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "At its greatest extent the empire comprised most of western France."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a statement defining the extent of Latvia's territory"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["full", "greatest", "maximum"],
                "verb + extent": ["reach", "see", "consider"],
                "preposition": ["in extent", "to an extent", "to a…extent"],
                "phrases": [
                    "at something’s greatest extent",
                    "to a considerable extent",
                    "to a great extent"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to show how far something is true or how great an effect it has",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "To a **certain extent**, we are all responsible for this tragic situation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had changed **to such an extent** *(= so much)* that I no longer recognized him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**To some extent** what she argues is true."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pollution of the forest has seriously affected plant life and, **to a lesser extent**, wildlife."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**To what extent** is this true of all schools?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book discusses **the extent to which** *(= how much)* family life has changed over the past 50 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had withdrawn from the company of his friends to an alarming extent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I will answer your questions about this case to the extent possible."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People no longer live in small communities to the same extent as they used to."
                },
                {
                    "text": "To an extent East-West distrust continued throughout the war."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈstent/",
                "audio": "ex/extent/extent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈstent/",
                "audio": "ex/extent/extent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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’."
}