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extensive - 3 dictionary results
ex⋅ten⋅sive
[ik-sten-siv]
–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 ). |
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Extensive
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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Language Translation for : extensive
Spanish:
extenso, vasto,
German:
ausgedehnt,
Japanese:
広範囲の
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