Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.

    large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity

  2. (figuratively)Considerable in amount.

    I have done extensive research on the subject.

  3. Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.

  4. Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

Examples

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  1. The fire caused extensive damage.

    ruПожар нанёс значительный ущерб. — marafon

  2. The earthquake in caused extensive damage.

  3. Thank you for the detailed and extensive reply.

    Дякую за докладну та розлогу відповідь. — shanghainese

    ruСпасибо за подробный и развернутый ответ. — paul_lingvo

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  4. His hunting grounds are pretty extensive.

  5. The flood did the village extensive damage.

Translations

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Origin

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.

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