Meaning of EXTENSIVE
| Pronunciation: | | ik'stensiv
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- [adj] large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "extensive press coverage"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
- [adj] having broad range or effect; "had extensive press coverage"; "far-reaching changes in the social structure"; "sweeping reforms"
- [adj] great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection"
- [adj] large in spatial extent or range; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"
- [adj] of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type"
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| | Synonyms: | | abundant, big, comprehensive, considerable, copious, extended, far-reaching, large, sweeping, voluminous, wide |
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| | Antonyms: | | intensive | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ex*ten"sive\, a. [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See
{Extend}.]
1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded;
large; broad; wide; comprehensive; as, an extensive farm;
an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations;
extensive benevolence; extensive greatness.
2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.]
Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which
is most extensive under the hammer. --Boyle.
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