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EXTENSIVE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Broad in scope or content
Example:
granted him wide powers
Synonyms:
across-the-board; all-embracing; all-encompassing; all-inclusive; blanket; broad; encompassing; extensive; panoptic; wide
Classified under:
Similar:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
Derivation:
extensiveness (large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
Example:
they suffered extensive damage
Synonyms:
extended; extensive
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
extend (extend in scope or range or area)
extensiveness (large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
Example:
agriculture of the extensive type
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
intensive (of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor)
Context examples:
A yolk sac tumor that arises from the ovary and is characterized by the presence of extensive differentiation into hepatic tissue.
(Ovarian Yolk Sac Tumor, Hepatoid Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)
The research about these volcanoes helps show there was extensive ice on ancient Mars.
(Clues about Volcanoes Under Ice on Ancient Mars, NASA)
There are several other types of cells that cover the blood vessel, including specialized brain cells known as astrocytes, which have extensive projections, called endfeet, that cover 90 percent of the blood vessel surface.
(Brain tumor invasion along blood vessels may lead to new cancer treatments, NIH)
When the researchers looked at the same locations and RSL weren't as extensive, they detected no hydrated salt.
(NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars, NASA)
Five year disease-free survival rates between 80% and 90% have been reported in patients who underwent extensive surgical removal of the tumor.
(Oral Cavity Verrucous Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
In the new study, the researchers conducted extensive lab tests exposing oil to sunlight.
(Sunlight reduces effectiveness of dispersants used to clean up oil spills, National Science Foundation)
Extensive, mature forest cover can mitigate the impact of severe heat waves, droughts and other weather extremes over large regions, according to new NOAA research.
(Forests minimize severe heat waves, NOAA)
“All this she must possess,” added Darcy, “and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading.”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The reason may relate to higher radioactive heat production in the past, which provided power to drive extensive granite formation.
(Supervolcanoes like Yellowstone may have been more active in the past, NSF)
No deaths or serious injuries were reported as of Monday morning, but the bushfires have caused extensive damage in rural areas of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).
(Australian Wildfires Destroy Homes, Kill Cattle as Hundreds of People Flee, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
