to some extent
English
Prepositional phrase
- Partly; in part.
- Synonyms: to an extent, somewhat, to a degree
- Coordinate term: to a lesser extent
- 1958 April, M. D. Greville, “Norway's Most Northerly Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 240:
- 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.
- 1960, Ezra Pound, Impact: essays on ignorance and the decline of American civilization, page 88:
- It 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.
- 2003, Iain Aitken, Value-Driven IT Management, page 253:
- 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.
Translations
in part
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