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1 to a certain extent / to some extent
(partly but not completely.) până la un (anumit) punctEnglish-Romanian dictionary > to a certain extent / to some extent
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2 extent
[-t]1) (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.) întindere2) (amount; degree: What is the extent of the damage?; To what extent can we trust him?) amploare, măsură• -
3 partly
adverb (to a certain extent but not completely: She was tired, partly because of the journey and partly because of the heat.) în parte -
4 quite
1. adverb1) (completely; entirely: This is quite impossible.) cu totul2) (fairly; rather; to a certain extent: It's quite warm today; He's quite a good artist; I quite like the idea.) destul de2. interjection(exactly; indeed; I agree: `I think he is being unfair to her.' `Quite'.) într-adevăr, de acord -
5 rather
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.) mai degrabă; un pic2) (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.) mai degrabă (decât)3) (more exactly; more correctly: He agreed, or rather he didn't disagree; One could say he was foolish rather than wicked.) mai degrabă (decât) -
6 sort of
(rather; in a way; to a certain extent: He was sort of peculiar!; I feel sort of worried about him.) mai degrabă -
7 wide
1. adjective1) (great in extent, especially from side to side: wide streets; Her eyes were wide with surprise.) larg2) (being a certain distance from one side to the other: This material is three metres wide; How wide is it?) larg3) (great or large: He won by a wide margin.) considerabil4) (covering a large and varied range of subjects etc: a wide experience of teaching.) mare2. adverb(with a great distance from top to bottom or side to side: He opened his eyes wide.) mare; larg- 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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