Meaning of extensive in English

extensive

adjective

/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/ us

/ɪkˈsten.sɪv/

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covering a large area; having a great range:

extensive grounds a school with extensive grounds

extensive repairs extensive repairs to the motorway

Her knowledge of music is extensive (= she knows a lot about music).

The wedding received extensive coverage in the newspapers (= it was written about a lot).

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across-the-board

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greater than the average size or amount

bigThey live in a big house in the country.
largeA large number of people were crowded into the room.
greatThe party was a great success.
enormousThey bought an enormous house in the suburbs.

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The body was found after an extensive search by police with tracker dogs.
There is an extensive repertoire of music written for the flute.
Several of the crash victims had to have extensive plastic surgery.
Her knowledge of English grammar is very extensive.
The house needed extensive alterations when we moved in.

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Big and quite big

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extensive

adjective

/ɪkˈsten·sɪv/

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covering a large area; having or being a large amount:

Extensive roadway repairs are causing traffic problems.

Extensive also means wide in range and including much detailed information:

Her knowledge of music is extensive.

Foster did extensive research on electromagnetic fields.

extensively

adverb us

/ɪkˈsten·sɪv·li/

The house was extensively rebuilt.

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Examples of extensive

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Elections may be nominally free, but governments engage in extensive gerrymandering, manipulation of voter registration and harassment of opposition parties.

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Extensive integration field beyond the classical receptive field of cat's striate cor tical neurons- classification and tuning proper ties.

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The extensive chapter on abolition, for example, skims over modes of liberation, the roles of families and post-liberation livelihoods.

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Extensive studies in the surrounding forest by the authors confirmed that epiphytes occur only occasionally on ant and termite substrate other than ant gardens.

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They each offer a unique overview and synthesis, with an extensive bibliog raphy.

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An original paper should not include an extensive review of the literature, but only sufficient references to indicate the purpose and relevance of the investigation.

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Although the reason for these discrepancies is unclear, it might be caused by the extensive use of transfected cells overexpressing membrane proteins.

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A more extensive study that shows the effect of those coefficients on the system behaviour has been performed in reference 14.

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Music therapists and educators have extensive practical experience of children making such strides in their development and passing across such thresholds.

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The author has done extensive archival and oral research.

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With polders, or lignite mines, these areas can be very extensive - really, a whole landscape.

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Extensive referencing and evaluation of current debates also makes it valuable for postgraduates and a welcome refresher for seasoned practitioners.

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The authors demonstrate that they have extensive practical experience in organic growing of alternative crops under temperate climatic conditions.

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An insight into the extensive nature of such introgression is given for twelve different crops.

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In that case, the behavioral effects of early insult are likely to be delayed and may be more extensive than first thought.

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in Chinese (Traditional)

廣闊的，大面積的, 覆蓋範圍廣的…

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