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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

in extenso en · ADV

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin in extenso.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) At full length; unabbreviated.
    • Mr. Brett does not follow the examples set by White and Tudor and Smith of printing his leading cases in extenso. 1887, The Law Quarterly Review, page 464:
    • I had to quote all these passages in extenso.
    • When read in extenso and without translation, the choice of words, style and sentiment of the letters reflect the influence on the writers […] 1925, Tromsø Museums skrifter, Tromsø museum, page 89:
    • There is a singular fascination in watching the eagerness with which the learned author ferrets out every circumstance which may throw discredit on his hero. […] Nothing has been too small to escape him, and you may be sure that if Charles Strickland left a laundry bill unpaid it will be given you in extenso, and if he forebore to return a borrowed half-crown no detail of the transaction will be omitted. 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 1”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:

Antonyms

in compendio

Translations (11)

hi आद्योपांत (at full length) · es por largo (at full length) · es in extenso (at full length) · hi संपूर्णतया (at full length) · hi पूर्णतः (at full length) · hi सविस्तार (at full length) · ru по́лностью (at full length) · fr in extenso (at full length) · ru досло́вно (at full length) · es por extenso (at full length) · sv in extenso (at full length)