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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Extensive \Ex*ten"sive\, a. [L. extensivus: cf F. extensif See {Extend}.] 1. Having wide extent; of much superficial extent; expanded; large broad; wide; comprehensive; as an extensive farm; an extensive lake; an extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence; extensive greatness. 2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.] Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. --Boyle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: extensive adj 1: large in extent or range; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands" [syn: {extended}] 2: having broad range or effect; "had extensive press coverage"; "far-reaching changes in the social structure"; "sweeping reforms" [syn: {far-reaching}, {sweeping}] 3: large in number or quantity; "she took copious notes"; "extensive press coverage" [syn: {copious}] 4: great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection" [syn: {extended}, {wide}] 5: of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; "producing wheat under extensive conditions"; "agriculture of the extensive type" [ant: {intensive}]
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