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extensive
(encz) | extensive,rozsáhlý |
extensive
(encz) | extensive,značný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Extensive
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.]
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Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which
is most extensive under the hammer. --Boyle.
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extensive
(wn) | extensive
adj 1: 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:
extensive, extended]
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" [syn: {across-the-
board}, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive,
blanket(a), broad, encompassing, extensive,
panoptic, wide]
3: 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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coextensive
(encz) | coextensive,stejného rozsahu Zdeněk Brož |
extensively
(encz) | extensively,rozsáhle adv: Zdeněk Brožextensively,široce adv: Zdeněk Brož |
extensiveness
(encz) | extensiveness,rozsáhlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Coextensive
(gcide) | Coextensive \Co`ex*ten"sive\, a.
Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and
knowledge are coextensive. --Sir W. Hamilton. --
Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.
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Coextensively
(gcide) | Coextensive \Co`ex*ten"sive\, a.
Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and
knowledge are coextensive. --Sir W. Hamilton. --
Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.
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Extensive
(gcide) | 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.
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2. Capable of being extended. [Obs.]
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Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which
is most extensive under the hammer. --Boyle.
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Extensively
(gcide) | Extensively \Ex*ten"sive*ly\, adv.
To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is
extensively circulated.
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Extensiveness
(gcide) | Extensiveness \Ex*ten"sive*ness\, n.
The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent;
diffusiveness.
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coextensive
(wn) | coextensive
adj 1: being of equal extent or scope or duration [syn:
coextensive, coterminous, conterminous] |
extensively
(wn) | extensively
adv 1: in a widespread way; "oxidation ponds are extensively
used for sewage treatment in the Midwest" |
extensiveness
(wn) | extensiveness
n 1: large or extensive in breadth or importance or
comprehensiveness; "the might have repercussions of
unimaginable largeness"; "the very extensiveness of his
power was a temptation to abuse it" [syn: largeness,
extensiveness] |
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