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exhaustive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɘɡˈzoːstɘv/ (New-Zealand)
• /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ɪɡˈzoːstɪv/ (Australia)
• /ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ɪɡˈzɑstɪv/ (Canada, US, cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auziō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin exhaustīvusbor. English exhaustive Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustīvus. By surface analysis, exhaust + -ive.

Meanings

1. Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.
   • We made an exhaustive list.
2. (archaic) Causing exhaustion; very tiring.
   • Wolsey saw in what imminent peril the revenues of the Church were from the exhaustive squandering and grasping covetousness of the Court. 1878, John Henry Blunt, The Reformation of the Church of England: A. D. 1514-1547, page 98:
   • Chopping and hauling wood was exhaustive work. Scraping the flesh off the heavy hides and hanging them to dry also taxed her physical strength. 2013, Gloria Linkey, Native American Women: Three Who Changed History:

Forms

Deriveds

nonexhaustive · exhaustiveness · collectively exhaustive · unexhaustive · exhaustively · exhaustivity · inexhaustive

Hypernyms

thorough · overall · across-the-board · sweeping · all around · thick · comprehensive · all-encompassing · comprehensive · thorough · catholic · exhaustive · blanket · all-embracing · broad · sound

Synonyms

all-encompassing · tiring · grueling · weariful · exhausting · weary · exhaustive · fatiguing · draining · tiring · wearing · tiresome · wearisome · weariful

Translations (32)

uk виче́рпний (including every possible element) · hi विस्तृत (including every possible element) · sh ȉscrpan (including every possible element) · fr exhaustif (including every possible element) · pl wyczerpujący (including every possible element) · hi व्यापक (including every possible element) · fi tyhjentävä (including every possible element) · de erschöpfend (including every possible element) · hi संपूर्ण (including every possible element) · tr şümullü (including every possible element) · ru исче́рпывающий (including every possible element) · tr kapsamlı (including every possible element) · es exhaustivo (including every possible element) · it esauriente (including every possible element) · cs vyčerpávající (including every possible element) · it esaustivo (including every possible element) · sh и̏сцрпан (including every possible element) · el εξαντλητικός (including every possible element) · hu kimerítő (including every possible element) · ca exhaustiu (including every possible element) · gl exhaustivo (including every possible element) · ar حاصر (including every possible element) · oc exaustiu (including every possible element) · de vollständig (including every possible element) · hu teljes körű (including every possible element) · de abschließend (including every possible element) · nl volledig (including every possible element) · hy սպառիչ (including every possible element) · pt exaustivo (including every possible element) · sv uttömmande (including every possible element) · eo ĝisfunda (including every possible element) · bg изчерпателен (including every possible element)