English Explanatory Dictionary

extensive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
  2. Considerable in amount.
  3. Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
  4. Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/ /ɛkˈstɛn.sɪv/ En-us-extensive.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-extensive.wav /ɪkˈsten.sɪv/ /əkˈsten.səv/

Word forms

extensive more extensive most extensive

Etymology

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.

Related words

extend extense extent intensive

Derived words

antiextensive coextensive co-extensive extensive form game extensively extensiveness extensive property extensivity nonextensive overextensive subextensive superextensive ultraextensive unextensive

Translations

Armenian: ընդարձակ Bulgarian: пространен Catalan: extens Chinese Mandarin: 廣泛 /广泛 Czech: rozsáhlý Danish: ekstensiv Dutch: uitgebreid Esperanto: vasta Finnish: laaja Finnish: avara French: étendu Georgian: ფართო German: umfangreich Greek: εκτενής Greek: εκτεταμένος Hindi: विस्तृत Hindi: व्यापक Hungarian: kiterjedt Hungarian: széles körű Italian: vasto Italian: molto Italian: estenso Italian: esteso Italian: grande Italian: ricco Japanese: 幅広い Korean: 광대한 Latin: extentus Latin: effūsus Māori: takiraha Māori: pārāweranui Māori: whakatikotiko Māori: whārahi Māori: rangiwhāwhā Māori: whakahara Māori: korahi Eastern Mari: кумда Norwegian: omfattende Norwegian: omfangsrik Polish: rozległy Portuguese: extensivo Russian: обши́рный Russian: широкий Sanskrit: विस्तीर्ग Sanskrit: विशाल Spanish: extenso Spanish: extensivo Spanish: extendiente Ukrainian: обши́рний Ukrainian: широ́кий
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