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1 to a certain extent
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2 to a certain extent / to some extent
(partly but not completely.) jossain määrinEnglish-Finnish dictionary > to a certain extent / to some extent
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3 extent
• tilavuus• verta• etäisyys• ala• aste• ulottuma• ulottuvuus• koko• mitta• määrä• summa• suuruusmathematics• suurephysics• laajuus• laajuinen• laajennus• laajuus (ulottuvuus)• laajenema* * *-t1) (the area or length to which something extends: The bird's wings measured 20 centimetres at their fullest extent; The garden is nearly a kilometre in extent; A vast extent of grassland.) laajuus2) (amount; degree: What is the extent of the damage?; To what extent can we trust him?) määrä• -
4 some
• osa• toinen• noin• joku• jonkinlainen• jokunen• jokin• jotkut• hieman• hiukan• erinäiset• eräs• erinäinen• vähän• muutama• muutamat• suunnilleen* * *1. pronoun, adjective1) (an indefinite amount or number (of): I can see some people walking across the field; You'll need some money if you're going shopping; Some of the ink was spilt on the desk.) joku, jotkut, vähän2) ((said with emphasis) a certain, or small, amount or number (of): `Has she any experience of the work?' `Yes, she has some.'; Some people like the idea and some don't.) tietty, jonkin verran3) ((said with emphasis) at least one / a few / a bit (of): Surely there are some people who agree with me?; I don't need much rest from work, but I must have some.) ainakin joku, edes vähän4) (certain: He's quite kind in some ways.) tietty2. adjective1) (a large, considerable or impressive (amount or number of): I spent some time trying to convince her; I'll have some problem sorting out these papers!) melkoisesti, melkoinen2) (an unidentified or unnamed (thing, person etc): She was hunting for some book that she's lost.) jokin3) ((used with numbers) about; at a rough estimate: There were some thirty people at the reception.) noin3. adverb((American) somewhat; to a certain extent: I think we've progressed some.) jonkin verran- somebody- someday
- somehow
- someone
- something
- sometime
- sometimes
- somewhat
- somewhere
- mean something
- or something
- something like
- something tells me -
5 partly
• osaksi• osin• osittain• puolittain* * *adverb (to a certain extent but not completely: She was tired, partly because of the journey and partly because of the heat.) osaksi -
6 quite
• oikein• tuiki• todella• hyvin• ilman muuta• hyvinkin• ihan• juuri• jokseenkin• juuri niin• jotakuinkin• tykkänään• tyyten• tyystin• verraten• verrattain• varsin• erittäin• aika• aivan niin• aivan• aika (jtkn)• täysin• täydellisesti• vallan• kerrassaan• kokonaan• perin• peräti• melko• melkoinen• melkoisen• suorastaan• tarkalleen• lopen* * *1. adverb1) (completely; entirely: This is quite impossible.) täysin2) (fairly; rather; to a certain extent: It's quite warm today; He's quite a good artist; I quite like the idea.) melko2. interjection(exactly; indeed; I agree: `I think he is being unfair to her.' `Quite'.) totta -
7 rather
• hyvinkin• ilman muuta kyllä vain• hyväksyttävä• jonkin verran• jotakuinkin• jokseenkin• jonkinlainen• jotensakin• joltinenkin• jotenkin• tyydyttävä• verraten• auttava• ennen• ennemmin• ennemminkin• siedettävä• aika• välttävä• puoleinen• kernaammin• kohtalainen• koko• mieluummin• mukiinmenevä• paremmin• parahultainen• melko• melkein• melkoinen• melkeinpä• suhteellisen• kutakuinkin• laatuunkäypä• pikemmin• pikemminkin* * *1) (to a certain extent; slightly; a little: He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.) melko2) (more willingly; preferably: I'd rather do it now than later; Can we do it now rather than tomorrow?; I'd rather not do it at all; I would/had rather you didn't do that; Wouldn't you rather have this one?; I'd resign rather than do that.) mieluummin3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) pikemminkin -
8 sort of
• niin sanoakseni• jonkinnäköinen• jonkinmoinen• jonkinlainen• eräänlainen• tavallaan• -lainen* * *(rather; in a way; to a certain extent: He was sort of peculiar!; I feel sort of worried about him.) jotenkin -
9 wide
• isosuinen• aukea• avoin• avara• silmänkantamaton• aava• väljä• kaukana• kauas• leveä• harhaan osunut• suuri• laakea• laajalle ulottuva• lavea• laaja-alainen• laajalle• laaja• laajalti• lakea• laajalla* * *1. adjective1) (great in extent, especially from side to side: wide streets; Her eyes were wide with surprise.) leveä, laaja2) (being a certain distance from one side to the other: This material is three metres wide; How wide is it?) leveä3) (great or large: He won by a wide margin.) reilu4) (covering a large and varied range of subjects etc: a wide experience of teaching.) laaja2. adverb(with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: He opened his eyes wide.) ammollaan- widely- widen
- wideness
- width
- wide-ranging
- widespread
- give a wide berth to
- give a wide berth
- wide apart
- wide awake
- wide open
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extent*/*/*/ — [ɪkˈstent] noun 1) [singular/U] the degree to which something happens, or the degree to which something is affected They were shocked at the extent of the damage.[/ex] Languages vary in the extent to which they rely on word order.[/ex] 2) [U] the … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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