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- DictionaryEx·ten·sive/ikˈstensiv/
adjective
- 1. covering or affecting a large area: "an extensive garden"
- 2. (of agriculture) obtaining a relatively small crop from a large area with a minimum of attention and expense: "extensive farming techniques"
The meaning of EXTENSIVE is having wide or considerable extent. How to use extensive in a sentence.
covering a large area; having or being a large amount: Extensive roadway repairs are causing traffic problems. Extensive also means wide in range and including much detailed information: Her knowledge of music is extensive. Foster did extensive research on electromagnetic fields. extensively. adverb us / ɪkˈsten·sɪv·li /
covering a large area; having or being a large amount: Extensive roadway repairs are causing traffic problems. Extensive also means wide in range and including much detailed information: Her knowledge of music is extensive. Foster did extensive research on electromagnetic fields. extensively. adverb us / ɪkˈsten·sɪv·li /
adjective. of great extent; wide, broad: an extensive area. Synonyms: vast, ample, spacious, large, extended. Antonyms: confined, narrow, limited. covering or extending over a great area: extensive travels. far-reaching; comprehensive; thorough: extensive knowledge. Antonyms: limited, parochial, confined, narrow. lengthy: an extensive journey.
When something is far-reaching or expansive it is extensive. When your friend knows every single place and time that his favorite band has played any given song, he has extensive knowledge of that band. Use the adjective extensive for something that goes on and on and on.
Definition of extensive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
large in amount or size: an extensive art collection. The hurricane caused extensive damage. extensively. adverb. I have travelled extensively in Europe. (Definition of extensive from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definitions of 'extensive'. 1. Something that is extensive covers or includes a large physical area. [...] 2. Something that is extensive covers a wide range of details, ideas, or items. [...] 3. If something is extensive, it is very great.
1. of great extent; wide; broad: an extensive area. 2. covering or extending over a great area: extensive travels. 3. comprehensive; far-reaching or thorough: extensive knowledge.
