extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"magnitude - the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion" coverage - the extent to which something is covered; "the dictionary's coverage of standard English is excellent" frontage - the extent of the front of shop or plot of land (as along a street or river etc) limit, bounds, boundary - the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" ambit, range, scope, reach, compass, orbit - an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" surface area, expanse, area - the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" length - the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end; "the editor limited the length of my article to 500 words" depth - extent downward or backward or inward; "the depth of the water"; "depth of a shelf"; "depth of a closet" |