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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.
Definition of extensive adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Extensive definition: of great extent; wide, broad. See examples of EXTENSIVE used 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 /
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.