Extent
Extent noun - A wide space or area.
Usage example: the seemingly endless extent of the windswept prairies
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Synonyms for Extent
Magnitude is a synonym for extent in quantity topic. In some cases you can use "Magnitude" instead a noun "Extent", when it comes to topics like mass, degree, dimensions, fullness. popular alternative
Magnitude
Magnitude noun - The total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something.
Usage example: the magnitude of the planned skyscraper is totally disproportionate with that of the other buildings on the block
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How words are described
| full | full extent | full magnitude |
| equal | equal extent | equal magnitude |
| similar | similar extent | similar magnitude |
| considerable | considerable extent | considerable magnitude |
| Other adjectives: true, sheer, large, extreme, great, enormous, dangerous, new, lesser, significant, epic, greater, larger, smaller, various, increasing, higher, bigger, varying, worse. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The extent to which it did all these things made the First World War a war the likes of which the world had never seen... but the world was yet to see the last of this magnitude of conflict.
Source: Useful Notes / World War I
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