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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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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 /
The meaning of EXTENSIVE is having wide or considerable extent. How to use extensive in a sentence.
5 meanings: 1. having a large extent, area, scope, degree, etc; vast 2. widespread 3. agriculture involving or farmed with.... Click for more definitions.
Extensive definition: of great extent; wide, broad. See examples of EXTENSIVE used in a sentence.
Definition of extensive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 /
adj. 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.
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.
Synonyms for EXTENSIVE: broad, wide, sweeping, comprehensive, deep, expansive, extended, widespread; Antonyms of EXTENSIVE: narrow, limited, restricted, circumscribed.
adjective. uk / ɪkˈstensɪv / us. Add to word list. B2. 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) Translations of extensive.
