English-Thai Dictionary

extensive

ADJ กว้างขวาง  ครอบคลุม เป็น บริเวณ กว้าง  expanded vast wide kwang-kwang

 

extensively

ADV อย่างกว้างขวาง  อย่าง ครอบคลุม  vastly widely yang-kwang-kwang

 

extensiveness

N ความกว้างขวาง ครอบคลุม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTENSIVE

a.Wide; large; having great enlargement or extent; as an extensive farm; an extensive field; an extensive lake; and extensive sphere of operations; extensive benevolence. 1. That may be extended. [Not used. ]

 

EXTENSIVELY

adv. Widely; largely; to a great extent; as, a story is extensively circulated.

 

EXTENSIVENESS

n.Wideness; largeness; extent; as the extensiveness of the ocean. 1. Extent; diffusiveness; as the extensiveness of a man's charities or benevolence.
2. Capacity of being extended. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXTENSIVE

Ex *ten "sive, a. Etym: [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.

 

2. Capable of being extended. [Obs. ] Silver beaters choose the finest coin, as that which is most extensive under the hammer. Boyle.

 

EXTENSIVELY

EXTENSIVELY Ex *ten "sive *ly, adv.

 

Defn: To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.

 

EXTENSIVENESS

EXTENSIVENESS Ex *ten "sive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

extensive

ex ten sive |ikˈstensiv ɪkˈstɛnsɪv | ▶adjective 1 covering or affecting a large area: an extensive garden. • large in amount or scale: an extensive collection of silver. 2 (of agriculture ) obtaining a relatively small crop from a large area with a minimum of attention and expense: extensive farming techniques. Often contrasted with intensive ( sense 1 of the adjective ). DERIVATIVES ex ten sive ly adverb, ex ten sive ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from French extensif, -ive or late Latin extensivus, from extens- ‘stretched out, ’ from the verb extendere (see extend ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

extensive

ex ¦ten |sive |ɪkˈstɛnsɪv, ɛk- | ▶adjective 1 covering or affecting a large area: an extensive garden. • large in amount or scale: an extensive collection of silver. 2 (of agriculture ) obtaining a relatively small crop from a large area with a minimum of capital and labour: extensive farming techniques. Often contrasted with intensive ( sense 1 of the adjective ). DERIVATIVES extensively adverb, extensiveness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from French extensif, -ive or late Latin extensivus, from extens- ‘stretched out ’, from the verb extendere (see extend ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

extensive

extensive adjective 1 a mansion with extensive grounds: large, large-scale, sizable, substantial, considerable, ample, expansive, great, vast. 2 extensive knowledge: comprehensive, thorough, exhaustive; broad, wide, wide-ranging, catholic, eclectic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

extensive

extensive adjective 1 a mansion with extensive grounds: large, large-scale, sizeable, substantial, considerable, ample, great, huge, vast, immense, boundless, immeasurable; spacious, capacious, commodious, voluminous, roomy; broad, expansive, sweeping. ANTONYMS small. 2 his extensive knowledge of antiques made the shop popular: comprehensive, thorough, complete, exhaustive, profound, boundless; broad, wide, vast, wide-ranging, all-inclusive, all-embracing, all-encompassing, sweeping, wholesale, catholic, universal, across the board. ANTONYMS small; limited.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

extensive

ex ten sive /ɪksténsɪv /→extend 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈知識 調査 計画などが 〉広範囲の , 多方面にわたる ▸ extensive research in ancient cultures 古代文明に関する広範な研究 ▸ I have extensive experience in publishing .私は出版の経験が豊富です 2 〈被害 影響などが 〉大規模な , 莫大 （ばくだい ）な , 大量の ▸ The storm caused extensive damage .あらしのために莫大な被害がもたらされた ▸ extensive use of machinery 機械の過剰使用 3 〈場所が 〉広い , 広大な ▸ an extensive farm [garden ]広大な農場 [庭園 ]4 〈農業が 〉粗放の (↔intensive ).～ness 名詞

 

extensively

ex t é n sive ly 副詞 広範囲にわたって ; 大規模に ; 広々と ▸ travel extensively in Japan 日本をくまなく旅する