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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.
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 a great range: extensive groundsa school with extensive grounds. extensive repairsextensive repairs to the highway. Her knowledge of music is extensive (= she knows a lot about music). The wedding received extensive coverage in the newspapers (= it was written about a lot). Synonyms.
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.
5 meanings: 1. having a large extent, area, scope, degree, etc; vast 2. widespread 3. agriculture involving or farmed with.... Click for more definitions.
Something that is extensive covers a wide range of details, ideas, or items. She recently completed an extensive study of elected officials who began their political careers before the age of 35. extensively adverb. All these issues have been extensively researched in recent years. 3. adjective.
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)
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.
