Meaning : Large in spatial extent or range or scope or quantity.
Example :
An extensive Roman settlement in northwest England.
Extended farm lands.
Surgeons with extended experience.
They suffered extensive damage.
Synonyms : extended
Meaning : Broad in scope or content.
Example :
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.
Granted him wide powers.
Synonyms : across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, panoptic, wide
Meaning : Of agriculture. Increasing productivity by using large areas with minimal outlay and labor.
Example :
Producing wheat under extensive conditions.
Agriculture of the extensive type.
Of agriculture. Intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor.
Intensive agriculture.