to a large extent

to a large extent

1. Mostly; usually or primarily.

   Synonym: to a great extent

   • 1920, Francis Marion Garver, Misplacement of Children in Grades Six, Seven, Eight in a Large City School System, page 6:

     Standard tests would at least eliminate that additional variable, teacher judgment, to a large extent.

   • 1931, The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal - Volume 61, page 724:

     When a business has grown to such an extent that it cannot be operated individually, one must confine initiative and talents to purely executive routine to a large extent.

   • 1997, Paul Demaret, Jean-François Bellis, Gonzalo García Jiménez, Regionalism and Multilateralism After the Uruguay Round, page 358:

     However, it is interesting to note that the model of rules established for the harmonization was to a large extent inspired in the model of rules of origin which were being applied in preferential agreements.

• to some extent, to an extent, to a lesser extent