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- Dictionaryextensive/ɪkˈstɛnsɪv/
adjective
- 1. covering or affecting a large area: "an extensive garden" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of agriculture) obtaining a relatively small crop from a large area with a minimum of capital and labour: "extensive farming techniques"
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Learn the meaning of extensive as an adjective that describes something covering a large area or having a great range. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
- English (US)
covering a large area; having or being a large amount:...
- Extensive in Arabic
EXTENSIVE translate: شامِل. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Znaczenie Extensive, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
EXTENSIVE definicja: 1. covering a large area; having a...
- Extensive in Catalan
EXTENSIVE translate: important, extens, nombrós. Learn more...
- Extensive: German Translation
EXTENSIVE translate: ausgedehnt. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Extensive in Spanish
EXTENSIVE translate: importante, numeroso, extenso/sa...
- Extension Lead
EXTENSION LEAD definition: an extra wire used to take...
- Extensive in Italian
extensive translate: vasto, esteso, esteso, vasto. Learn...
- English (US)
adjective. ex· ten· sive ik-ˈsten (t)-siv. Synonyms of extensive. 1. : having wide or considerable extent. extensive reading. 2. : extensional. 3. : of, relating to, or constituting farming in which large areas of land are utilized with minimum outlay and labor. extensively adverb. extensiveness noun. Synonyms. broad. deep. expansive. extended.
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.
Learn the meaning of extensive as an adjective that describes something covering a large area or great in amount. See how to use it in sentences and compare it with synonyms and related words.
Extensive means of great extent, area, scope, degree, or amount. It can also refer to a type of agriculture or a logical property. See how to use extensive in a sentence and find related words.
Learn the meaning of extensive as an adjective that describes something covering a large area or having a great range. Find synonyms, antonyms, and examples of extensive in different contexts and languages.
involving or farmed with minimum expenditure of capital or labour, esp depending on a large area of land. Compare intensive (sense 3) 4. 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.
