to a large extent

B2, NOUNS, phrases, PREPOSITIONS, quantity

In the English Vocabulary Profile, at B2, or at B2+ in the GSE, ‘extent’ is listed in phrases with ‘to’.  It refers to:

  • the size or importance of something | how big, important, or serious something is
  • mainly
  • in some ways

B2 vocabulary: considerable, extent, extreme, major, massive, meaningful, measure, minor, modest, rate, remarkable, ridiculous, significant, slight, substantial, sufficient, timing, unreasonable, varying

A search in NOW corpus for:

to_II * * extent

1 TO A LARGE EXTENT 15605

After all, life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

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2 TO A CERTAIN EXTENT 14788
3 TO A LESSER EXTENT 12728

They have also, to a lesser extent,

 invited people to participate in improving the outcome of decisions that were already made for them.

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4 TO SUCH AN EXTENT 10782
5 TO THE FULLEST EXTENT 9008
6 TO A GREAT EXTENT 8190
7 TO THE SAME EXTENT 3722
8 TO A GREATER EXTENT 2902
9 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT 2898
10 TO THE FULL EXTENT 2435
11 TO THE GREATEST EXTENT 2235
12 TO A LIMITED EXTENT 1076
13 TO A SIGNIFICANT EXTENT 1037
14 TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT 807
15 TO A LARGER EXTENT 698
16 TO ANY GREAT EXTENT 381
17 TO GAUGE THE EXTENT 371
18 TO ITS FULLEST EXTENT 355
19 TO A SMALL EXTENT 313
20 TO ITS FULL EXTENT 290
21 TO A SMALLER EXTENT 265
22 TO ANY SIGNIFICANT EXTENT 249
23 TO A REASONABLE EXTENT 246
24 TO A SIMILAR EXTENT 234
25 TO A HUGE EXTENT 203
26 TO A HELLISH EXTENT 180
27 TO A GOOD EXTENT 166
28 TO AN UNPRECEDENTED EXTENT 155
29 TO THEIR FULLEST EXTENT 151
30 TO THE BEST EXTENT 148
31 TO A MAJOR EXTENT 137
32 TO QUITE AN EXTENT 136
33 TO THEIR FULL EXTENT 135
34 TO THE LIMITED EXTENT 117
35 TO A BIG EXTENT 107
36 TO A DIFFERENT EXTENT 93
37 TO A MINOR EXTENT 82
38 TO A SUBSTANTIAL EXTENT 82
39 TO A REMARKABLE EXTENT 80
40 TO AN ALARMING EXTENT 79
41 TO A LESS EXTENT 75
42 TO THE HIGHEST EXTENT 73
43 TO AN INCREASING EXTENT 69
44 TO THE LARGEST EXTENT 68
45 TO AN EXTRAORDINARY EXTENT 63
46 TO THE MINIMUM EXTENT 63
47 TO NO SMALL EXTENT 61
48 TO AN APPRECIABLE EXTENT 56
49 TO THE RIDICULOUS EXTENT 56
50 TO A FAIR EXTENT 53
51 TO A SURPRISING EXTENT 50
52 TO A LOWER EXTENT 48
53 TO A MATERIAL EXTENT 48
54 TO THE POSSIBLE EXTENT 48
55 TO A RIDICULOUS EXTENT 47
56 TO ANY MEANINGFUL EXTENT 47
57 TO A LITTLE EXTENT 45
58 TO A SUFFICIENT EXTENT 44
59 TO THE FURTHEST EXTENT 44
60 TO AN EXTREME EXTENT 42
61 TO A HIGHER EXTENT 41
62 TO MEASURE THE EXTENT 40
63 TO THE UTMOST EXTENT 40
64 TO THE LAST EXTENT 39
65 TO TIMING , EXTENT 38
66 TO A VARYING EXTENT 37
67 TO AN UNUSUAL EXTENT 37
68 TO A DANGEROUS EXTENT 36
69 TO THE LARGE EXTENT 36
70 TO ” THE EXTENT 32
71 TO ANY LARGE EXTENT 32
72 TO AN ENORMOUS EXTENT 31
73 TO A FULL EXTENT 30
74 TO THE DESIRED EXTENT 30
75 TO A MAXIMUM EXTENT 29
76 TO A MEANINGFUL EXTENT 29
77 TO AN IMPORTANT EXTENT 29
78 TO THE REQUIRED EXTENT 29
79 TO THE TRUE EXTENT 29
80 TO A FURTHER EXTENT 28
81 TO A GROWING EXTENT 28
82 TO THE LEAST EXTENT 28
83 TO THE NECESSARY EXTENT 28
84 TO ” SOME EXTENT 27
85 TO ” GREATEST EXTENT 26
86 TO A MODEST EXTENT 26
87 TO A MASSIVE EXTENT 25
88 TO SOME SMALL EXTENT 25
89 TO WHAT AN EXTENT 25
90 TO A BETTER EXTENT 24
91 TO A MINIMAL EXTENT 24
92 TO EVERY POSSIBLE EXTENT 24
93 TO RATE THE EXTENT 24
94 TO THE EXACT EXTENT 24
95 TO ANY APPRECIABLE EXTENT 23
96 TO THE GREAT EXTENT 23
97 TO A SLIGHT EXTENT 22
98 TO AN UNIMAGINABLE EXTENT 22
99 TO AN UNKNOWN EXTENT 22
100 TO AN UNREASONABLE EXTENT 22