Adjective
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of agriculture
increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor
"producing wheat under extensive conditions"
"agriculture of the extensive type"
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broad in scope or content
"across-the-board pay increases"
"an all-embracing definition"
"blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"
"an invention with broad applications"
"a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
"granted him wide powers"
- across the board - all embracing - all encompassing - all inclusive -
large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity
"an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"
"extended farm lands"
"surgeons with extended experience"
"they suffered extensive damage"