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extensive

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/

The English word “extensive” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Having a great extent; covering a large area; vast.
  2. Considerable in amount.
  3. Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
  4. Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.

Etymology

From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.

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