different between extensive vs weighty
extensive
English
Etymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extens?vus, from Latin extensus.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?ks?t?n.s?v/
Adjective
extensive (comparative more extensive, superlative most extensive)
- having a great extent; covering a large area; vast
- (figuratively) considerable in amount.
- I have done extensive research on the subject.
- Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension
- (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
Derived terms
- extensive property
Related terms
- extend
- extense
- extent
Translations
See also
- intensive
French
Adjective
extensive
- feminine singular of extensif
Latin
Adjective
ext?ns?ve
- vocative masculine singular of ext?ns?vus
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weighty
English
Alternative forms
- weightie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight +? -y.
Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vægtig, Swedish viktig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?we?ti/
- Rhymes: -e?ti
Adjective
weighty (comparative weightier, superlative weightiest)
- Heavy (“having a lot of weight”).
- Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
- Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
Derived terms
- weightily
- weightiness
Translations
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- what does weighted mean in english
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