Extent and Term

Extent

Extent noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

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Term and extent are semantically related. in range topic. In some cases you can use "Term" instead a noun "Extent".

Nearby Words: extend, extension

Term noun - A fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position.

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Extent and term are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extent" instead a noun "Term".

Nearby Words: termless, termed, termer

full	full extent	full term
exact	exact extent	exact term
better	better extent	better term
similar	similar extent	similar term
Other adjectives: specific, actual, real, new, less, different.

The Mario Golf and Mario Tennis series use real-life golf/tennis terms (which is sort of a given), to the extent that many of the games have a term dictionary built in.

Source: Shown Their Work / Video Games
This can be to an extent credited as the trope namer, as it was in a post about GPF that Burns coined the term.

Source: Webcomic / General Protection Fault
And to some extent, simulcasting has curbed fansubbing, at least in the traditional definition of the term.

Source: Fan Sub

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Term or Extent. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/extent/term.

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