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exhaustive

[ ig-zaws-tiv ]

adjective

  1. exhausting exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough:

    He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.

  2. tending to exhaust or drain, as resources or strength:

    a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness.



exhaustive

/ ɪɡˈɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. comprehensive in scope; thorough

    an exhaustive survey

  2. tending to exhaust
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󲹳ܲپԱ, noun
  • ˈ󲹳ܲپ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·󲹳ܲt· adverb
  • ·󲹳ܲt·Ա noun
  • ԴDze·󲹳ܲt adjective
  • non·󲹳ܲt· adverb
  • non·󲹳ܲt·Ա noun
  • ܲe·󲹳ܲt adjective
  • un·󲹳ܲt· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exhaustive1

First recorded in 1780–90; exhaust + -ive
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Example Sentences

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There was recently a show at the Pompidou Center, a really exhaustive retrospective of Surrealism.

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These factors are not an exhaustive list, the council said.

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He said the paper was not an "exhaustive list" of what ministers would achieve, "nor should it be seen as the ceiling of our ambition".

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In December, the man who created the show and stars in it, Brian Jordan Alvarez, was the subject of an exhaustive Vulture story that contained allegations of assault, misconduct, boundary crossing and deeply unprofessional behavior.

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Al Jazeera, which is widely watched by Palestinians particularly for its exhaustive coverage of the Gaza war, has already been stopped in Arabic and English in Israel.

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