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# extensive

«extensive» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Covering a large area** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (extensive, more extensive, most extensive)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Covering a large area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/#m1)

2) Large in amount or very thorough and detailed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/#m2)

3) (farming) Using a lot of land with little work or money per field, opposite of intensive farming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/#m3)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/#x1)
- The castle has extensive gardens with a maze. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/#x2)
- She has an extensive collection of shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/#x3)
- The scientists did extensive tests on the new medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/#x4)
- His extensive knowledge of dinosaurs amazed the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/#x5)
- The fire spread over an extensive area of forest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/#x6)
- Sheep stations in Australia are a kind of extensive farming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «extensive» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/extensive/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.