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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.
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 /
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.
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.
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.
Something that is extensive covers a wide range of details, ideas, or items. There was extensive coverage of World Book Day on the BBC. ...the extensive research into public attitudes to science. The facilities available are very extensive.
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)
extensive meaning, definition, what is extensive: large in size, amount, or degree: Learn more.
