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extensive
adjective
broad in scope or content
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ɛksˈtɛn.sɪv
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adjective
broad in scope or content
“across-the-board pay increases”
adjective
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
“an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England”
adjective
of agriculture; increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
“producing wheat under extensive conditions”
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across-the-board pay increases
an all-embracing definition
blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
an invention with broad applications
{'source': 'T.G.Winner', 'text': 'a panoptic study of Soviet nationality'}
an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England
extended farm lands
surgeons with extended experience
they suffered extensive damage
producing wheat under extensive conditions
agriculture of the extensive type
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