in extenso

adverb

At full length; unabbreviated.

“I had to quote all these passages in extenso.”

Opposite
in compendio
OriginLatin in extenso →
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Meanings

adverbin extenso (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAt full length; unabbreviated.

    I had to quote all these passages in extenso.

    3 more examples

    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

    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

    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

    Antonyms: in compendio

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbAt full length; unabbreviated.

Opposite
in compendio
Also see
in full

Origin

  1. Latinin extenso
  2. Englishin extenso

Borrowed from Latin in extenso.

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Translations

French in extenso
  • in extensoat full length
Hindi आद्योपांत, पूर्णतः
  • आद्योपांत (ādyopānt)at full length
  • पूर्णतः (pūrṇataḥ)at full length
  • सविस्तार (savistār)at full length
  • संपूर्णतया (sampūrṇatyā)at full length
Russian по́лностью, досло́вно
  • по́лностью (pólnostʹju)at full length
  • досло́вно (doslóvno)at full length
Spanish in extenso, por extenso
  • in extensoat full length
  • por extensoat full length
  • por largoat full length
Swedish in extenso
  • in extensoat full length
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