extensive
ex·ten·sive
adjective
1.
2.
- “had extensive press coverage”
- “far-reaching changes in the social structure”
- “sweeping reforms”
3.
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
- “she took copious notes”
- “extensive press coverage”
- “a subject of voluminous legislation”
4.
5.
of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
- “producing wheat under extensive conditions”
- “agriculture of the extensive type”
Origin
From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.
Phrases
- extensive form game
- extensive property
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