Hypertext Webster Gateway: "extensive"
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) 1.7 (wn)
extensive
adj 1: large in spatial 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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