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   extensive

   /ɪkˈstɛnsɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. covering or affecting a large area: "an extensive garden" Similar largelarge-scalesizeablesubstantialconsiderableamplegreathugevastimmenseboundlessimmeasurablespaciouscapaciouscommodiousvoluminousroomybroadexpansivesweepingOpposite small
   • ▪ large in amount or scale: "an extensive collection of silver" Similar comprehensivethoroughcompleteexhaustiveprofoundboundlessbroadwidevastwide-rangingall-inclusiveall-embracingall-encompassingsweepingwholesalecatholicuniversalacross the boardcross-disciplinaryinterdisciplinarymultidisciplinaryOpposite smalllimited
   • 2. (of agriculture) obtaining a relatively small crop from a large area with a minimum of capital and labour: "extensive farming techniques"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French extensif, -ive or late Latin extensivus, from extens- ‘stretched out’, from the verb extendere (see extend).

   Derivatives

   • 1. extensiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 19

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