exhaustive

CEFRC1

/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Including every important detail or possibility.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Causing exhaustion; very tiring.

Examples

  • The police undertook exhaustive searches but failed to find the body.

  • This list is not exhaustive.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ɪɡˈzoːstɪv/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.

More examples

In context

  • We made an exhaustive list.

  • Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength.

  • Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustīvus. By surface analysis, exhaust + -ive.