Definition
Meaning of 'extensive'
Meaning of 'extensive' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Extensive 
[ a.]
- 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. [ a.]- Capable of being extended.
Meaning of 'extensive' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. extensive [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
- of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
Example in sentence:
- agriculture of the extensive type;
- producing wheat under extensive conditions
2. extensive [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- broad in scope or content
- broad in scope or content
Example in sentence:
- a panoptic study of Soviet nationality;
- across-the-board pay increases;
- an all-embracing definition;
- an invention with broad applications;
- blanket sanctions against human-rights violators;
- granted him wide powers
Meaning (3):
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
- large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
Example in sentence:
- an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England;
- extended farm lands;
- surgeons with extended experience;
- they suffered extensive damage
Nearby Topics:
See 'extensive' also in:
Recent Article
Categories
- Business Studies
- Banking & Finance
- Management & Organization Studies
- HRM & Labor Studies
- Management Information System
- Accounting & Auditing
- Marketing & Public Relations
- Entrepreneurship & Small Business
- Psychology & Behavioral Science
- Computer Programming
- Automotive Engineering
- Computer Networking
- Medical & Health Science
- Microbiology