[ɛkˈstɛnsɪv], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- covering or affecting a large area
(e.g: an extensive garden)

- (of agriculture) obtaining a relatively small crop from a large area with a minimum of capital and labour
(e.g: extensive farming techniques)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from French extensif, -ive or late Latin extensivus, from extens- ‘stretched out’, from the verb extendere (see extend)