- expansive, extensive
- مَدِيد \ expansive, extensive. \ See Also ممتد (مُمتَدّ)، فسيح (فَسيح)
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
expansive, extensive
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expansive — [adj1] broad, comprehensive all embracing, ample, big, dilatant, elastic, expanding, expansile, extensive, far reaching, great, inclusive, large, scopic, scopious, stretching, thorough, unrepressed, unsuppressed, voluminous, wide, wide ranging,… … New thesaurus
expansive — [ek span′siv] adj. [< L expansus (see EXPANSE) + IVE] 1. tending or being able to expand 2. of, or working by means of, expansion 3. widely extended; broad; extensive; comprehensive 4. characterized by a free and generous nature; sympathetic;… … English World dictionary
extensive — I adjective ample, amplus, big, branching, broad, broad based, capacious, commodious, comprehensive, considerable, covering a wide area, deep, diffuse, diffusive, embracing a large area, encompassing a wide area, expanded, expansive, extended,… … Law dictionary
expansive — index ample, broad, capacious, complete (all embracing), comprehensive, extensive, omnibus, open ended … Law dictionary
expansive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) covering a wide area; extensive. 2) relaxed, genial, and communicative. 3) tending towards territorial expansion. DERIVATIVES expansively adverb expansiveness noun … English terms dictionary
expansive — adjective 1) expansive grassland Syn: extensive, sweeping, rolling 2) expansive coverage Syn: wide ranging, extensive, broad, wide, comprehensive, thorough, full scale 3) … Thesaurus of popular words
expansive — adjective Date: 1651 1. having a capacity or a tendency to expand 2. causing or tending to cause expansion 3. a. characterized by high spirits, generosity, or readiness to talk ; open < grew expansive after dinner > b. marked by or indicative of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
expansive — expansively, adv. expansiveness, n. /ik span siv/, adj. 1. having a wide range or extent; comprehensive; extensive: expansive mountain scenery. 2. (of a person s character or speech) effusive, unrestrained, free, or open: Our expansive host… … Universalium
extensive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. broad, comprehensive. See breadth, generality, space. Ant., narrow, limited. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Large in area] Syn. wide, broad, long, great, huge, vast, capacious, extended, protracted,… … English dictionary for students
expansive — ex•pan•sive [[t]ɪkˈspæn sɪv[/t]] adj. 1) having a wide range or extent; extensive 2) cordially welcoming; effusive: an expansive host[/ex] 3) tending to expand or capable of expanding 4) causing expansion: the expansive force of heat[/ex] •… … From formal English to slang
expansive — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Widely extended] Syn. broad, widespread, comprehensive; see comprehensive , extensive 1 . 2. [Unreserved] Syn. demonstrative, open, communicative, gregarious; see effusive , friendly 1 , talkative . II (Roget s 3… … English dictionary for students
