exhaustive

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪgˈzɔːstɪv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪgˈzɔstɪv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ig zôs′tiv)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ex•haus•tive /ɪgˈzɔstɪv/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. very thorough;
    comprehensive;
    complete:an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
ex•haus•tive•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ex•haus•tive  (ig zôs′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. exhausting a subject, topic, etc.;
    comprehensive;
    thorough:He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
  2. tending to exhaust or drain, as resources or strength:a protracted, exhaustive siege of illness.
  • exhaust + -ive 1780–90
ex•haus′tive•ly, adv. 
ex•haus′tive•ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
exhaustive / ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/
  1. comprehensive in scope; thorough
  2. tending to exhaust
exˈhaustivelyexˈhaustiveness, ˌexhausˈtivity
'exhaustive' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
all-out - bolt - cyclopedic - detailed - encyclopedic - half - heuristic - narrative - proxy statement - study - unearth - vocabulary

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