extensiveadj.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈstɛnsɪv/,

/ɛkˈstɛnsɪv/, U.S.

/ɪkˈstɛnsɪv/,

/ɛkˈstɛnsɪv/

Etymology: < late Latin extensīvus, < extendĕre (past participle extensus ): see extend v. and -ive suffix. Compare French extensif.

†1. Capable of being extended; extensible. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > extended or stretched out > able to be

extendible1477

extensible1611

extensive1612

extensile1744

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > stretchable

stretchable1398

extensible1611

extensive1612

tensible1626

tensile1626

reaching1651

distendible1673

extendible1693

distractile1709

distensile1739

extensile1744

elastic1781

distensible1828

distensive1836

stretchy1854

stretching1897

two-way stretch1932

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. E^v These two [sc. sulphur and mercury] Make the rest ductile, malleable, extensiue .

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Extensive, that may be stretched out, or made long.

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 330 Silver beaters chuse the finest coin, as..most extensive under the hammer.

†2.

a. Tending to cause extension or stretching out. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective] > muscular movement

extensive1646

abducent1649

peristaltic1652

metaleptic1656

spastic1822

spasmodic1836

ideomotor1854

idiomuscular1860

fibrillary1875

motor1878

myotatic1881

antergic1890

isometric1891

isotonic1891

neurogenic1901

synkinetic1901

ballistic1905

motoric1926

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 105 Station is..one kinde of motion..which Physitians..doe name extensive or tonicall.

b. That has the effect of extending or enlarging in scope.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [adjective] > extending in scope

extensivea1859

a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. xxxiii. 597 This bastard extensive interpretation ex ratione juris is frequently styled ‘analogical’.

a. Of material things: Extending over or occupying a large surface or space; having a wide extent, widely extended. Of capital, purchases, etc.: Large in amount.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent

broadOE

sideOE

wideOE

largec1230

spaciousa1382

unridea1425

amplea1492

well-spreadc1540

main1548

overreaching1579

widespread1582

spacious1587

wide-spreading1587

scopeful1598

vasty1598

scopious1599

vast1600

worldwide1602

spaceful1621

dimensious1632

voluminousa1661

extensive1706

sheety1748

sweeping1772

extended1779

expansive1806

wide-spreaded1820

heaven-wide1835

spanless1847

rangy1898

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Extensive..that Extends, or Reaches far.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 357 The extensive plantations..round his lands.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. iii. 22 By means of water-carriage a more extensive market is opened.

1836 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. V. xlii. 675 Extensive capital had..been sunk in the traffic.

1845 G. Budd On Dis. Liver 28 Along the extensive mucous tract..absorption is constantly going on.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiii. 71 That empire..was the most extensive that had ever obeyed a single chief.

1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 283 Extensive silver veins and deposits.

b. Of immaterial things: Far-reaching, large in comprehension or scope; wide in application or operation; comprehensive; also, lengthy, full of detail. †extensive to: that extends to, applicable to, comprehensive of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale

largea1400

ample1437

farc1475

diffused?1570

spacious1589

extensive1605

wholesale1642

diffuse1644

extense1644

voluminousa1652

amplivagant1656

extentive1658

numerousa1661

extended1700

amplivagous1731

far-reaching1824

Homeric1841

large-scale1856

wholescale1910

wide-scale1925

big-scale1930

macroscopic1931

broadscale1958

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E4^v The reprehension of Saint Paule, was..extensiue to all knowledge.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 105 I am bound to take scripture in the most extensive sence.

a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind ii. i, in Coll. Wks. (1753) V. 322 An extensive survey of the branches of any science.

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iii. iv. 165 Inability..may be more general and extensive to all Acts of that Kind.

1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 61 A Piece of flagrant and extensive Wickedness.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. p. ix Our limits will not permit us to indulge in extensive quotation.

1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. viii. 705 The Mutiny Act constitutes an extensive code of martial law.

c. So of persons, their faculties, etc. Obsolete or rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale > specifically of people or their faculties

largec1440

great?1473

extensivea1631

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 47 A Livy or a Guicciardine, or such extensive and voluminous authours.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 140 He was..extensive in his Charity.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 138 The God of day, Who all surveys with his extensive eye.

1749 G. Berkeley Word to Wise in Wks. (1871) III. 448 Idleness, that extensive parent of many miseries and many sins.

1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 67 In a word, he was..a Man of a very extensive genius.

d. Economics. Applied to methods of cultivation in which a relatively small crop is obtained from a large area with a minimum of attention and expense; opposed to intensive adj. 5.

ΚΠ

1832 T. Chalmers On Polit. Econ. x. 324 The removal..of the tithes, gives scope both to a more extensive and a more intensive agriculture.

1949 P. E. James Geogr. of Man 60 Where the expenditure of labor and capital per unit of land is relatively small, the economy is said to be extensive.

4. Of or pertaining to extension (in sense 7b); characterized by, or possessed of, extension; occupying space.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > having property of occupying space

extent?a1475

extensive1624

extense1647

extended1666

bulky1674

roomthy1674

solid1690

spatial1847

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 114 Unlesse his bodie had therein a corporall, extensive and sensible manner of existing.

1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xi. 442 Space and time are necessarily represented as extensive quanta.

1886 J. Ward in Encycl. Brit. XX. 53 We do not first experience a succession of touches..by means of movements, and then, when these impressions are simultaneously presented, regard them as extensive because they are associated with..the original series of movements.

5. Of or pertaining to extension (in sense 8b); denoting a large number of objects. Opposed to intensive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [adjective] > of logical extension

superior1599

distributable1654

extensive1686

undistributed1827

indistributable1847

extensional1852

coextensive1870

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xiii. 333 This haps mostly when there wants of Assistance, Extensive or Intensive.

1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. §13 This Art teaches us to distribute any extensive Idea into its different Kinds or Species.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xv. 272 Every notion has not only an Extensive, but likewise an Intensive, quantity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	extensive
释义	extensiveadj. Brit. /ᵻkˈstɛnsɪv/, /ɛkˈstɛnsɪv/, U.S. /ɪkˈstɛnsɪv/, /ɛkˈstɛnsɪv/ Etymology: < late Latin extensīvus, < extendĕre (past participle extensus ): see extend v. and -ive suffix. Compare French extensif. †1. Capable of being extended; extensible. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > extended or stretched out > able to be extendible1477 extensible1611 extensive1612 extensile1744 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > elastic > stretchable stretchable1398 extensible1611 extensive1612 tensible1626 tensile1626 reaching1651 distendible1673 extendible1693 distractile1709 distensile1739 extensile1744 elastic1781 distensible1828 distensive1836 stretchy1854 stretching1897 two-way stretch1932 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. E^v These two [sc. sulphur and mercury] Make the rest ductile, malleable, extensiue . View more context for this quotation 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Extensive, that may be stretched out, or made long. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. 330 Silver beaters chuse the finest coin, as..most extensive under the hammer. †2. a. Tending to cause extension or stretching out. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [adjective] > muscular movement extensive1646 abducent1649 peristaltic1652 metaleptic1656 spastic1822 spasmodic1836 ideomotor1854 idiomuscular1860 fibrillary1875 motor1878 myotatic1881 antergic1890 isometric1891 isotonic1891 neurogenic1901 synkinetic1901 ballistic1905 motoric1926 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. i. 105 Station is..one kinde of motion..which Physitians..doe name extensive or tonicall. View more context for this quotation b. That has the effect of extending or enlarging in scope. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [adjective] > extending in scope extensivea1859 a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. xxxiii. 597 This bastard extensive interpretation ex ratione juris is frequently styled ‘analogical’. 3. a. Of material things: Extending over or occupying a large surface or space; having a wide extent, widely extended. Of capital, purchases, etc.: Large in amount. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of vast extent broadOE sideOE wideOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 unridea1425 amplea1492 well-spreadc1540 main1548 overreaching1579 widespread1582 spacious1587 wide-spreading1587 scopeful1598 vasty1598 scopious1599 vast1600 worldwide1602 spaceful1621 dimensious1632 voluminousa1661 extensive1706 sheety1748 sweeping1772 extended1779 expansive1806 wide-spreaded1820 heaven-wide1835 spanless1847 rangy1898 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Extensive..that Extends, or Reaches far. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 357 The extensive plantations..round his lands. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. iii. 22 By means of water-carriage a more extensive market is opened. View more context for this quotation 1836 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. V. xlii. 675 Extensive capital had..been sunk in the traffic. 1845 G. Budd On Dis. Liver 28 Along the extensive mucous tract..absorption is constantly going on. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. xxiii. 71 That empire..was the most extensive that had ever obeyed a single chief. 1872 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 283 Extensive silver veins and deposits. b. Of immaterial things: Far-reaching, large in comprehension or scope; wide in application or operation; comprehensive; also, lengthy, full of detail. †extensive to: that extends to, applicable to, comprehensive of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale largea1400 ample1437 farc1475 diffused?1570 spacious1589 extensive1605 wholesale1642 diffuse1644 extense1644 voluminousa1652 amplivagant1656 extentive1658 numerousa1661 extended1700 amplivagous1731 far-reaching1824 Homeric1841 large-scale1856 wholescale1910 wide-scale1925 big-scale1930 macroscopic1931 broadscale1958 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. E4^v The reprehension of Saint Paule, was..extensiue to all knowledge. View more context for this quotation 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 105 I am bound to take scripture in the most extensive sence. a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind ii. i, in Coll. Wks. (1753) V. 322 An extensive survey of the branches of any science. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iii. iv. 165 Inability..may be more general and extensive to all Acts of that Kind. 1756 E. Burke Vindic. Nat. Society 61 A Piece of flagrant and extensive Wickedness. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. p. ix Our limits will not permit us to indulge in extensive quotation. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. viii. 705 The Mutiny Act constitutes an extensive code of martial law. c. So of persons, their faculties, etc. Obsolete or rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale > specifically of people or their faculties largec1440 great?1473 extensivea1631 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 47 A Livy or a Guicciardine, or such extensive and voluminous authours. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 140 He was..extensive in his Charity. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 138 The God of day, Who all surveys with his extensive eye. 1749 G. Berkeley Word to Wise in Wks. (1871) III. 448 Idleness, that extensive parent of many miseries and many sins. 1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 67 In a word, he was..a Man of a very extensive genius. d. Economics. Applied to methods of cultivation in which a relatively small crop is obtained from a large area with a minimum of attention and expense; opposed to intensive adj. 5. ΚΠ 1832 T. Chalmers On Polit. Econ. x. 324 The removal..of the tithes, gives scope both to a more extensive and a more intensive agriculture. 1949 P. E. James Geogr. of Man 60 Where the expenditure of labor and capital per unit of land is relatively small, the economy is said to be extensive. 4. Of or pertaining to extension (in sense 7b); characterized by, or possessed of, extension; occupying space. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > having property of occupying space extent?a1475 extensive1624 extense1647 extended1666 bulky1674 roomthy1674 solid1690 spatial1847 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 114 Unlesse his bodie had therein a corporall, extensive and sensible manner of existing. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant ii. xi. 442 Space and time are necessarily represented as extensive quanta. 1886 J. Ward in Encycl. Brit. XX. 53 We do not first experience a succession of touches..by means of movements, and then, when these impressions are simultaneously presented, regard them as extensive because they are associated with..the original series of movements. 5. Of or pertaining to extension (in sense 8b); denoting a large number of objects. Opposed to intensive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical classification > [adjective] > of logical extension superior1599 distributable1654 extensive1686 undistributed1827 indistributable1847 extensional1852 coextensive1870 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xiii. 333 This haps mostly when there wants of Assistance, Extensive or Intensive. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. §13 This Art teaches us to distribute any extensive Idea into its different Kinds or Species. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) III. xv. 272 Every notion has not only an Extensive, but likewise an Intensive, quantity. 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