extense

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪkˈstɛns/ UK /ɪkˈstɛns/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
extended or wide in scope; extensive

The treatise gave an extense survey of ancient law.

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Synonyms

1 adj · extended or wide in scope;... extensive extended wide broad expansive

Opposites

narrow limited confined

Word family

Related forms extend extension extensive

Etymology

From Latin extensus ('stretched out'), past participle of extendere ('to stretch out'), from ex- ('out') + tendere ('to stretch').

extensus Latin tendere Latin

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# extense

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪkˈstɛns/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪkˈstɛns/

## Meanings
1. extended or wide in scope; extensive

## Examples
- The treatise gave an extense survey of ancient law.

## Synonyms
- extensive
- extended
- wide
- broad
- expansive

## Antonyms
- narrow
- limited
- confined

## Related Forms
- extend
- extension
- extensive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: extensus
- Root: tendere

## Etymology
From Latin extensus ('stretched out'), past participle of extendere ('to stretch out'), from ex- ('out') + tendere ('to stretch').

## AI Etymology
Extense comes from Latin extensus ('stretched out'), past participle of extendere ('to stretch out'), from ex- ('out') + tendere ('to stretch'). The etymological trail includes Latin extensus and Latin tendere. As an adjective, extense describes what is extended or wide in scope; extensive. The same family is visible in related forms such as extend, extension, and extensive. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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