Meaning

2 senses
  1. Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.

    We made an exhaustive list.

    vollständig, erschöpfend, abschließend

    исче́рпывающийisčérpyvajuščij

    виче́рпнийvyčérpnyj

  2. (archaic)Causing exhaustion; very tiring.

More definitions
  • performed comprehensively and completely; not superficial or partial

Examples

11 sentences
  1. This list isn't exhaustive.

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  2. This list may not be exhaustive.

    ruЭтот список, возможно, не является исчерпывающим.

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  3. I gave you an exhaustive answer.

    ruЯ дал вам исчерпывающий ответ.

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  4. Can science provide an exhaustive answer?

    ruМожет ли наука дать исчерпывающий ответ?

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  5. Here is a non-exhaustive list.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
including every possible element:
Русский
By meaning 1
including every possible element:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
including every possible element:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustīvus. By surface analysis, exhaust + -ive.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustīvus. By surface analysis, exhaust + -ive.

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Forms

more exhaustive, most exhaustive
Comparativemore exhaustive Lesson
Superlativemost exhaustive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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