| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Relative intensity or amount, as of a quality or attribute: degree, magnitude, measure, proportion. See BIG. 2. A wide and open area, as of land, sky, or water: distance, expanse, expansion, reach, space, spread, stretch, sweep. See PLACE. 3. The measure of how far or long something goes in space, time, or degree: length, reach, span, stretch. See BIG. 4. An area within which something or someone exists, acts, or has influence or power: ambit, compass, extension, orbit, purview, range, reach, realm, scope, sphere, sweep, swing. See TERRITORY. 5. The amount of space occupied by something: dimension, magnitude, measure, proportion (often used in plural), size. See BIG.
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