What does extensive mean?
Definitions for extensive
ɪkˈstɛn sɪvex·ten·sive
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Princeton's WordNet
extensive, extendedadjective
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
"an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "they suffered extensive damage"
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wideadjective
broad in scope or content
"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"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
extensiveadjective
of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
"producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type"
Wiktionary
extensiveadjective
In the nature of an extent, wide, widespread.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Extensiveadjective
Wide; large.
Etymology: extensivus, Latin.
I would not be understood to recommend to all a pursuit of those sciences, to those extensive lengths to which the moderns have advanced them. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
Webster Dictionary
Extensiveadjective
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
Extensiveadjective
capable of being extended
Etymology: [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See Extend.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'extensive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2439
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'extensive' in Adjectives Frequency: #330
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of extensive in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of extensive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of extensive in a Sentence
Everyone goes through pretty extensive planning because people working at the refineries have to be certified, we feel very comfortable we can continue running with the staff levels we have for a very long period of time.
We know that beer and wine go great with pizza and we’re uniquely positioned to deliver these given many of our restaurants already serve beer and wine, when you combine that with our extensive network of delivery drivers, we’re excited to provide a unique and convenient experience for our customers.
Mr Venkatakrishnan has a long and well-established track record of helping to prudently define and manage risk appetite in large complex financial institutions like ours, he has extensive experience in the development of regulatory capital models and with stress testing.
There was extensive plumbing damage, there was holes in the ceiling, raccoons were getting in.
At times we pick from our “extensive time experience” some enchanting moments that are cuddling in our mind. They are stolen moments from our durational perception and we are keen on holding them preciously in our memory’s Garden of Eden. ("Stolen moments" )
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- شاملArabic
- обширенBulgarian
- extensCatalan, Valencian
- rozsáhlýCzech
- ekstensivDanish
- umfangreichGerman
- εκτενήςGreek
- vastaEsperanto
- extensoSpanish
- وسیعPersian
- laaja, avaraFinnish
- étendu, extensifFrench
- vastoItalian
- ფართოGeorgian
- 광대한Korean
- takiraha, pārāweranuiMāori
- uitgebreidDutch
- omfangsrik, omfattendeNorwegian
- rozległyPolish
- extensivoPortuguese
- обширныйRussian
- विस्तीर्गSanskrit
- обширнийUkrainian
- 廣泛Chinese
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