adj
Meaning 1
Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
extensive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Considerable in amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- I have done extensive research on the subject.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective
Meaning 5
of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- producing wheat under extensive conditions
- agriculture of the extensive type
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: intensive
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
broad in scope or content- T.G.Winner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- across-the-board pay increases
- an all-embracing definition
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
- an invention with broad applications
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality
- granted him wide powers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
- extended farm lands
- surgeons with extended experience
- they suffered extensive damage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: extended
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: ընդարձակ (əndarjak) — wide
- Bulgarian: пространен (prostranen) — wide
- Catalan: extens — wide
- Chinese Mandarin: 廣泛 /广泛 (guǎngfàn) — wide
- Czech: rozsáhlý — wide
- Danish: ekstensiv — wide
- Dutch: uitgebreid — wide
- Esperanto: vasta — wide
- Finnish: laaja — wide
- Finnish: avara — wide
- French: étendu — wide
- Georgian: ფართო (parto) — wide
- German: umfangreich — wide
- Greek: εκτενής (ektenís) — wide
- Greek: εκτεταμένος (ektetaménos) — wide
- Hindi: विस्तृत (vistŕt) — wide
- Hindi: व्यापक (vyāpak) — wide
- Hungarian: kiterjedt — wide
- Hungarian: széles körű — wide
- Italian: vasto — wide
- Italian: molto — wide
- Italian: estenso — wide
- Italian: esteso — wide
- Italian: grande — wide
- Italian: ricco — wide
- Japanese: 幅広い (habahiroi) — wide
- Korean: 광대한 (gwangdaehan) — wide
- Latin: extentus — wide
- Latin: effūsus — wide
- Māori: takiraha — wide
- Māori: pārāweranui — wide
- Māori: whakatikotiko — wide
- Māori: whārahi — wide
- Māori: rangiwhāwhā — wide
- Māori: whakahara — wide
- Māori: korahi — wide
- Eastern Mari: кумда (kumda) — wide
- Norwegian: omfattende — wide
- Norwegian: omfangsrik — wide
- Polish: rozległy — wide
- Portuguese: extensivo — wide
- Russian: обши́рный (obšírnyj) — wide
- Russian: широкий (širokij) — wide
- Sanskrit: विस्तीर्ग (vistīrṇa) — wide
- Sanskrit: विशाल (viśāla) — wide
- Spanish: extenso — wide
- Spanish: extensivo — wide
- Spanish: extendiente — wide
- Ukrainian: обши́рний (obšýrnyj) — wide
- Ukrainian: широ́кий (šyrókyj) — wide
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