extensive (adj.)

  1. of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor; producing wheat under extensive conditions; agriculture of the extensive type'

  2. 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: extended ]

  3. 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 , broad , encompassing , panoptic , wide ]

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