Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being extensive.
- noun The capacity of being extended; extensibility.
- noun Same as
extensity .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being extensive; wideness; largeness; extent; diffusiveness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the degree or property of being
extensive
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large or extensive in breadth or importance or comprehensiveness
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Examples
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He's extremely grateful for the private medical insurance that paid for the very expensive medical care that saved his life and just as grateful for the Medicare that kicked in just in time as the cost and extensiveness of his great medical care exhausted his private medical insurance.
The Quotable Roger Ebert: On Death Panels and the Public Option 2009
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He's extremely grateful for the private medical insurance that paid for the very expensive medical care that saved his life and just as grateful for the Medicare that kicked in just in time as the cost and extensiveness of his great medical care exhausted his private medical insurance.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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But they are not always fully tuned in to the magnitude of those suspicions or the extensiveness of the target's efforts to learn the truth.
Bella DePaulo: Top 7 Lies That Big-Time Liars Tell Themselves Bella DePaulo 2011
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Now, there's a subway system, but it's limited to where you can go so it lacks the extensiveness of NYC's subway or Chicago's L. S_Rose
LA Opens Facebook Fan Page to Rally Support for Comic Con in Los Angeles | /Film 2010
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The lack of high privacy settings coupled with the extensiveness of networks among Egyptian activists means that it is relatively easy for the government to track developments and planning on Facebook.
Courtney C. Radsch: Double-Edged Sword: Social Media's Subversive Potential Courtney C. Radsch 2011
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But they are not always fully tuned in to the magnitude of those suspicions or the extensiveness of the target's efforts to learn the truth.
Bella DePaulo: Top 7 Lies That Big-Time Liars Tell Themselves Bella DePaulo 2011
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But they are not always fully tuned in to the magnitude of those suspicions or the extensiveness of the target's efforts to learn the truth.
Bella DePaulo: Top 7 Lies That Big-Time Liars Tell Themselves Bella DePaulo 2011
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The lack of high privacy settings coupled with the extensiveness of networks among Egyptian activists means that it is relatively easy for the government to track developments and planning on Facebook.
Courtney C. Radsch: Double-Edged Sword: Social Media's Subversive Potential Courtney C. Radsch 2011
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"You ought to think about the extensiveness, context and content of your social network--and I don't mean your billion Facebook friends," he explains.
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"The vast extensiveness of my area becomes painfully apparent."
Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010
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