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Extensive

Extensive Meaning & Definition
Extensive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Extensive?

[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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Extensive: abundant | big | comprehensive | considerable | copious | extended | far-reaching | large | sweeping | voluminous | wide

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Extensive In Webster's Dictionary

\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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