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extensive

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ex⋅ten⋅sive

  [ik-sten-siv]
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–adjective
1. of great extent; wide; broad: an extensive area.
2. covering or extending over a great area: extensive travels.
3. far-reaching; comprehensive; thorough: extensive knowledge.
4. lengthy: an extensive journey.
5. great in amount, number, or degree: an extensive fortune; extensive political influence.
6. of or having extension: Space is extensive, time durational.
7. noting or pertaining to a system of agriculture involving the use or cultivation of large areas of land with a minimum of labor and expense (opposed to intensive ).
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < LL extēnsīvus, equiv. to L extēns(us) (ptp. of extendere to extend ) + -īvus -ive

Related forms:
ex⋅ten⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
ex⋅ten⋅sive⋅ness, ex⋅ten⋅siv⋅i⋅ty  [ek-sten-siv-i-tee, ik-] , noun

Synonyms:
1. extended, large, spacious, ample, vast.

Antonyms:
1, 3. limited, narrow, confined. 3. parochial.
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ex·ten·sive   (ĭk-stěn'sĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Large in extent, range, or amount.

  2. Of or relating to the cultivation of vast areas of land with a minimum of labor or expense.

ex·ten'sive·ly adv., ex·ten'sive·ness n.
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