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extensive
[ ik-sten-siv ]
adjective
an extensive area.
Synonyms: , , , ,
Antonyms: , ,
- covering or extending over a great area:
extensive travels.
extensive knowledge.
Antonyms: , , ,
an extensive journey.
- great in amount, number, or degree:
an extensive fortune; extensive political influence.
- of or having extension:
Space is extensive, time durational.
- 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 ( intensive ).
extensive
/ ɪˈɛԲɪ /
adjective
- having a large extent, area, scope, degree, etc; vast
an extensive inheritance
extensive deserts
- widespread
extensive coverage in the press
- agriculture involving or farmed with minimum expenditure of capital or labour, esp depending on a large area of land Compare intensive
- physics of or relating to a property, measurement, etc, of a macroscopic system that is proportional to the size of the system Compare intensive
heat is an extensive property
- logic
- of or relating to logical extension
- (of a definition) in terms of the objects to which the term applies rather than its meaning
Derived Forms
- ˈٱԲ, adverb
- ˈٱԲԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ٱ·· adverb
- ·ٱ··Ա ·ٱ···ٲ [ek-sten-, siv, -i-tee, ik-], noun
- ԴDz··ٱ· adjective
- non··ٱ··Ա noun
- ··ٱ· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of extensive1
Example Sentences
That won't be hard given the government's extensive control of the media here.
Freeman experienced swelling in his ankle in the wake of the mishap, and required extensive sessions of treatment from the team’s training staff.
The role extends Bacon’s extensive gallery of playing good guys that aren’t really all that good.
Even though the speaker has extensive control over what bills come up for a vote, he couldn't stop this one.
They said subsequent discoveries had made the area one of the most extensive dinosaur track sites in Scotland.
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