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[ ik-sten -siv ] SHOW IPA
/ ɪkˈstɛn sɪv / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective of great extent; wide; broad: an extensive area.
covering or extending over a great area: extensive travels.
far-reaching; comprehensive; thorough: extensive knowledge.
lengthy: an extensive journey.
great in amount, number, or degree: an extensive fortune; extensive political influence.
of or having extension: Space is extensive, time durational.
noting or pertaining to a system of agriculture involving the use or cultivation of large areas of land with a minimum of labor and expense (opposed to intensive).
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of extensive 1375–1425; late Middle English <Late Latin extēnsīvus, equivalent to Latin extēns (us ) (past participle of extendere to extend) + -īvus -ive
SYNONYMS FOR extensive 1 extended, large, spacious, ample, vast.
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ANTONYMS FOR extensive 1, 3 limited, narrow, confined.
3 parochial.
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OTHER WORDS FROM extensive ex·ten·sive·ly, adverb ex·ten·sive·ness, ex·ten·siv·i·ty [ek-sten-siv -i-tee, ik-], /ˌɛk stɛnˈsɪv ɪ ti, ɪk-/, noun non·ex·ten·sive, adjective non·ex·ten·sive·ly, adverb non·ex·ten·sive·ness, noun pre·ex·ten·sive, adjective pre·ex·ten·sive·ly, adverb
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Therefore the present geographical distribution of species was largely determined by the extensive migrations of that time.
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The deep and extensive hollows formed by the floods of this river compelled us to travel southward for several miles.
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It is served by the Chicago & North-Western railway, and by an extensive inter-urban electric system.
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A man not only known for his extensive knowledge of chemistry, but distinguished for his philosophy and patriotism.
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With the help of this fraud, and with a free and extensive market made on the Stock Exchange, the 1870 Honduras 10 per cent.
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British Dictionary definitions for extensive adjective having a large extent, area, scope, degree, etc; vast extensive deserts ; an extensive inheritance
widespread extensive coverage in the press
agriculture involving or farmed with minimum expenditure of capital or labour, esp depending on a large area of land Compare intensive (def. 3)
physics of or relating to a property, measurement, etc, of a macroscopic system that is proportional to the size of the system heat is an extensive property Compare intensive (def. 7)
logic of or relating to logical extension (of a definition) in terms of the objects to which the term applies rather than its meaning
Derived forms of extensive extensively , adverb extensiveness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to extensive pervasive, huge, lengthy, large-scale, comprehensive, protracted, major, voluminous, large, broad, sweeping, considerable, vast, expanded, wide-ranging, all-inclusive, big, blanket, boundless, capacious