The car was damaged to such an extent that it couldn't be repaired.
To some extent, she was responsible for the accident.
The rich will not benefit from the proposed changes to the tax system to the same extent as the lower paid.
Sales have fallen badly this year, to the extent that we will have to close some of our shops.
Some people hold their beliefs very strongly, even to the extent of being prepared to go to prison for them.
She had not realized the extent to which the children had been affected.
The River Nile is over 6,500 6,5000 kilometres in extent (= length).
Rosie's teacher was impressed by the extent of her knowledge (= how much she knew).
We don't yet know the extent of his injuries (= how bad his injuries are).
From the top of the Empire State Building, you can see the full extent of Manhattan (= the area it covers).
2 the degree or limit of something; how great or severe something is: --
To varying extents, the local (nightclub, pub, town hall, or council) remains crucial in helping to articulate knowledges and practices existing within their own 'reason'.
All three quality criteria are not easily improved by the grower and are weather-dependent to different extents.
In early successional stages, low species diversity, homogeneous tree heights and small crown extents result in a smooth canopy surface.
Most treatments have, to varying extents, shown good results, particularly in the short term.
Upper right: representation of the visual field showing the estimated visuotopic extents of the injection sites (outlines).
Hatched lines show approximate extents of central nature reserve that is covered by primary or tall secondary rain forests.
Also, the optimization of sharing common subexpression evaluations across different evaluation extents is easier with this lifetime information.
In radiotherapy this may happen to different extents.
