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Meaning of extensive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  extensive
      adj 1: large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity;
             "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England";
             "extended farm lands"; "surgeons with extended
             experience"; "they suffered extensive damage" [syn:
             {extensive}, {extended}]
      2: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases";
         "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against
         human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad
         applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"-
         T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn: {across-the-
         board}, {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing}, {all-inclusive},
         {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing}, {extensive},
         {panoptic}, {wide}]
      3: 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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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