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# extensive

adjective (extensive, more extensive, most extensive)

«extensive» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Covering a large area. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#m1)
2. Large in amount or very thorough and detailed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#m2)
3. (farming) Using a lot of land with little work or money per field, opposite of intensive farming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#m3)

### In the lessons

It tells the reader that something is big or wide-ranging: extensive damage, extensive research, extensive gardens. In geography, extensive farming means big farms with few workers per area, like sheep stations. Phrases: extensive knowledge, extensive damage, extensive grounds.

### Examples

- The storm caused extensive damage to the town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#x1)
- The castle has extensive gardens with a maze. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#x2)
- She has an extensive collection of shells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#x3)
- The scientists did extensive tests on the new medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#x4)
- His extensive knowledge of dinosaurs amazed the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#x5)
- The fire spread over an extensive area of forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#x6)
- Sheep stations in Australia are a kind of extensive farming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#x7)
- The governor then led the Prince to a wild and extensive plain where the grass grew high and in great abundance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/#x8)

### Note

Adverb: extensively. Related: extend, extension, extent. Opposite: limited, slight; in farming, intensive. It does not mean «expensive» — watch the spelling: exTENsive vs exPENsive.

## In Jewish tradition

It tells the reader that something is big or wide-ranging: extensive damage, extensive research, extensive gardens. In geography, extensive farming means big farms with few workers per area, like sheep stations. Phrases: extensive knowledge, extensive damage, extensive grounds.

### Note

Adverb: extensively. Related: extend, extension, extent. Opposite: limited, slight; in farming, intensive. It does not mean «expensive» — watch the spelling: exTENsive vs exPENsive.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «extensive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/extensive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«extensive» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/extensive.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «extensive» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«extensive» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/extensive.html) on Mova free.