extensive

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adjective

1. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity (Freq. 13)
- an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
- extended farm lands
- surgeons with extended experience
- they suffered extensive damage
• Syn:
extended
• Similar to:
large, big
• Derivationally related forms:
extensiveness, extend
2. broad in scope or content (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket,
broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide
• Similar to:
comprehensive
• Derivationally related forms:
wideness (for: wide), extensiveness
3. of agriculture;
increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
- producing wheat under extensive conditions
- agriculture of the extensive type
• Ant:
intensive