Meanings
- Partly; in part.
It is not benchmarkable and it will almost inevitably be fudgeable and inaccurate to some extent, even with your best efforts to attribute benefits to specific IT changes.
2003, Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management, page 2532 more examples
Generally speaking, in the summer the ore from Kiruna is sent to Narvik, and that from Gällivare to Luleå, but, as Luleå is not ice-free (as is Narvik), all traffic in the winter must go to the latter, though this is to some extent mitigated by the fact that the output of the mines tends to be lower.
1958 April 28, M. D. Greville, “Norway's Most Northerly Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 240It is no answer to say that "my" programme in art and letters has gradually been forced through, has, to some extent, grabbed its place in the sun. For one thing, I don't care about "minority culture." I have never cared a damn about snobbisms or for writing ultimately for the few.
1960, Ezra Pound, Impact: essays on ignorance and the decline of American civilization, page 88Synonyms: to an extent, somewhat, to a degree, in a measure
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phrasePartly; in part.
Translations
Bulgarian до изве́стна сте́пен
- до изве́стна сте́пен (do izvéstna stépen)in part
Chinese Mandarin 有所, 某種程度上 /某种程度上
- 有所 (yǒusuǒ)in part
- 某種程度上 /某种程度上 (mǒuzhǒng chéngdù shàng)in part
Finnish jossain määrin
- jossain määrinin part
French dans une certaine mesure
- dans une certaine mesurein part
German einigermaßen, in gewissem Maße
- einigermaßenin part
- in gewissem Maßein part
- teilweisein part
- zum Teilin part
Hungarian valamennyire, valamelyest
- valamennyirein part
- valamelyestin part
- némilegin part
- némiképpin part
Italian per certi versi
- per certi versiin part
Japanese ある程度
- ある程度 (aru teido)in part
Lithuanian tam tikru mastu
- tam tikru mastuin part
Polish w pewnym stopniu, po części
- w pewnym stopniuin part
- po częściin part
- w częściin part
Russian до не́которой сте́пени, в не́которой сте́пени
- до не́которой сте́пени (do nékotoroj stépeni)in part
- в не́которой сте́пени (v nékotoroj stépeni)in part
Spanish en cierta medida
- en cierta medidain part
Swedish till viss del
- till viss delin part
Ukrainian пе́вною мі́рою, до пе́вної мі́ри
- пе́вною мі́рою (pévnoju míroju)in part
- до пе́вної мі́ри (do pévnoji míry)in part
- де́якою мі́рою (déjakoju míroju)in part
Cite this entry
to some extent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20some%20extent
“to some extent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/to%20some%20extent. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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