extensive English · revision 4877

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=early 15th century|origins=la-lat extensivus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪkˈsten.sɪv/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|extensive]], [[bor|frm|extensif]], or it is [[bor|la-lat|extēnsīvus]],^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002) from extēns-, past participle stem of Latin extendere “to stretch out”,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) the source of [[extend]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Characterized by swelling, in medicine: the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) The Shorter Oxford also dates it to late Middle English.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Capable of being extended is from 1610 and is obsolete.^(OED 1989) Of immaterial things, far-reaching or wide in scope, is from about 1600 (1605 in the OED, 1604 in MWU),^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) and of material things, covering a large area, from about 1700 (1706 in the OED).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In economics, extensive farming uses large areas with little labour or expense (1832).^(OED 1989)^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * early 15th century – medical, swelling.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1605 – far-reaching.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1610 – able to be extended.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1706 – covering a large area.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1832 – of farming methods.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Large in amount, area or range; [[thorough]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of farming, using large areas of land with little [[labour]] or expense.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[extensively]]

+ * [[extensiveness]]

+ * [[coextensive]]

+ * [[nonextensive]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[extend]]

+ * [[extent]]

+ * [[extension]]

+ * [[tend]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}