extensive

/iks'tensiv/

Thân thiện

The farmer manages an extensive wheat field.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Covering a large area; having a wide scope or range: Refers to something that is large in spatial extent, scope, or quantity.
   • Thorough and detailed; comprehensive: Describes something that is done in a detailed and all-encompassing manner.
   • (Of agriculture) Using large areas of land with minimal input per unit area: A method of farming that relies on using more land rather than intensive labor or capital.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The fire caused extensive damage to the forest. (The fire caused damage over a very large area.)
  • She conducted extensive research for her thesis. (She conducted very thorough and detailed research.)
  • This region is known for extensive farming of cattle. (This region uses large areas of land for raising cattle with minimal labor per acre.)

Advanced Usage

• "Extensive knowledge/experience": Refers to a broad and comprehensive understanding or a large amount of practical experience in a field.
  • The consultant has extensive experience in corporate finance.
• "Extensive network/system": Describes a large, widespread, and interconnected structure.
  • The company built an extensive distribution network across the continent.

Variants and Related Words

• Extensively (adverb): In a way that covers a large area or scope; thoroughly.
  • The topic was discussed extensively in the meeting.
• Extensiveness (noun): The quality or state of being extensive.
  • The extensiveness of the library's collection is impressive.

Synonyms

• Wide: Having a great extent from side to side; broad.
• Broad: Covering a wide scope; not limited or narrow.
• Comprehensive: Including all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.
• Sweeping: Extending over a large area; wide-ranging.

Antonyms

• Limited: Restricted in size, amount, or extent.
• Narrow: Of small width; limited in scope.
• Intensive: Concentrated on a single area or subject; (in agriculture) aiming for high production from a small area using high inputs.

Related Phrases

• Extensive reading: Reading a large number of texts broadly to gain general understanding, as opposed to intensive, detailed reading of a few texts.
  • The language course encourages extensive reading outside of class.
• Extensive margin: An economic term referring to increasing output by using more resources (like land), as opposed to the intensive margin (using existing resources more efficiently).
  • The farm's growth was achieved on the extensive margin by acquiring more land.

Học thuật

Adjective

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. 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
3. 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

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