extensive
/ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.49 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Considerable in amount.
adj
Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension.
Example Sentences
- "In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilised portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valour."
- "I have done extensive research on the subject."
- "For station is properly no rest, but one kind of motion, relating unto that which physicians (from Galen) do name extensive or tonical; that is, an extension of the muscles and organs of motion, maintaining the body at length, or in its proper figure."
- "According to Tsallis (1988), the entropy was extensive for T = 1, superextensive for t 1."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Latin extendō Latin extēnsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin extensīvusder. Middle English extensive English extensive From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extensīvus, from Latin extensus.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, extensīvus, extensus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/
- British English: /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/
Inflected Forms
more extensive (comparative)
most extensive (superlative)