Extent and Spread

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Extent noun - A wide space or area.

Usage example: the seemingly endless extent of the windswept prairies

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Spread is a synonym for extent in place topic. In some cases you can use "Spread" instead a noun "Extent", when it comes to topics like distance.

Nearby Words: extend, extension

Spread noun - A wide space or area.

Usage example: a vast spread of land just waiting to be settled

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Extent is a synonym for spread in place topic. You can use "Extent" instead a noun "Spread", if it concerns topics such as span, range, distance.

Nearby Words: spreading, spreader

good	good extent	good spread
full	full extent	full spread
reasonable	reasonable extent	reasonable spread
obvious	obvious extent	obvious spread
Other adjectives: small, actual, entire, real, massive, large, great, huge, horrible, lower, new, major, less, further, ridiculous, greater, larger, smaller, increasing, higher, largest.

The Vatta's War series has humanity spread out to such an extent that Earth isn't even mentioned.

Source: Absent Aliens
The epilogue of Virtue's Last Reward begins with a newscaster discussing the horrible extent to which the Radical-6 virus has spread before succumbing to it and killing herself.

Source: Deadline News
To a lesser extent, there are also a number of seemingly normal medical doctors who serve him, and intentionally spread disease to the people they're supposedly trying to save.

Source: Plaguemaster

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