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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity;
- Example: "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"
- Example: "extended farm lands"
- Example: "surgeons with extended experience"
- Example: "they suffered extensive damage"
[syn: extensive, extended]

2. broad in scope or content;
- Example: "across-the-board pay increases"
- Example: "an all-embracing definition"
- Example: "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"
- Example: "an invention with broad applications"
- Example: "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
- Example: "granted him wide powers"
[syn: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide]

3. of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor;
- Example: "producing wheat under extensive conditions"
- Example: "agriculture of the extensive type"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Extensive \Ex*ten"sive\, a. [L. extensivus: cf. F. extensif. See
   Extend.]
   1. 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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

            Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which
            is most extensive under the hammer.   --Boyle.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

extensive
    adj 1: 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" [syn:
           extensive, extended]
    2: 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" [syn: across-the-
       board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive,
       blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive,
       panoptic, wide]
    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]