extent

B2 · Upper Intermediate Uncountable noun

n. the physical area or length that something covers.

n. the physical space, area, or volume over which something extends.

日本語:広さ※

“From the mountain top, you can see the full extent of the forest.”

“The vast extent of the desert made navigation nearly impossible for the early explorers who lacked modern mapping tools.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Computing Technical

n. a continuous section of storage space on a computer disk.

n. a contiguous area of storage in a file system, reserved for a particular file.

“The system failed because it could not find a large enough extent for the new file.”

“Fragmented files often consist of multiple extents scattered across the physical disk, which can significantly degrade read performance.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Law Formal · Technical

n. a legal document that allows the government to take a person's property to pay back debts.

n. a writ allowing for the valuation and seizure of a debtor's property to satisfy a debt to the state.

“The court issued an extent against the merchant's warehouse to recover the unpaid taxes.”

“The historical use of the writ of extent allowed the Crown to bypass ordinary civil proceedings to secure immediate payment from defaulting contractors.”