sɪv 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.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin extēnsīvus, equivalent to Latin extēns(us) (past participle of extendere to extend) + -īvus -ive
1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin extēnsīvus, equivalent to Latin extēns(us) (past participle of extendere to extend) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
ex·ten·sive·ly, adverb
non·ex·ten·sive, adjective
non·ex·ten·sive·ly, adverb
non·ex·ten·sive·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. extended, large, spacious, ample, vast.
1. extended, large, spacious, ample, vast.
Antonyms
1, 3. limited, narrow, confined. 3. parochial.
1, 3. limited, narrow, confined. 3. parochial.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | having a large extent, area, scope, degree, etc; vast: extensive deserts; an extensive inheritance |
| 2. | widespread: extensive coverage in the press |
| 3. | agriculture Compare intensive involving or farmed with minimum expenditure of capital or labour, esp depending on a large area of land |
| 4. | physics Compare intensive of or relating to a property, measurement, etc, of a macroscopic system that is proportional to the size of the system: heat is an extensive property |
| 5. | logic |
| a. of or relating to logical extension | |
| b. (of a definition) in terms of the objects to which the term applies rather than its meaning | |
| ex'tensively | |
| —adv | |
| ex'tensiveness | |
| —n | |
| extensive (ɪkˈstɛnsɪv) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having a large extent, area, scope, degree, etc; vast: extensive deserts; an extensive inheritance |
| 2. | widespread: extensive coverage in the press |
| 3. | agriculture Compare intensive involving or farmed with minimum expenditure of capital or labour, esp depending on a large area of land |
| 4. | physics Compare intensive of or relating to a property, measurement, etc, of a macroscopic system that is proportional to the size of the system: heat is an extensive property |
| 5. | logic |
| a. of or relating to logical extension | |
| b. (of a definition) in terms of the objects to which the term applies rather than its meaning | |
| ex'tensively | |
| —adv | |
| ex'tensiveness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
extensive
"vast, far-reaching;" c.1600 of immaterial, c.1700 of material things; from L.L. extensivus, from extensus, pp. of extendere (see extend). Related: Extensively.
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