Meaning & Definition of Extensive in English

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"

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. Of agriculture

• Increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor

• "Producing wheat under extensive conditions"

• "Agriculture of the extensive type"