"exhaustive" meaning in English

See exhaustive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛɡˈzɔː.stɪv/ [UK], /ɛɡˈzɑ.stɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-exhaustive.wav [US] Forms: more exhaustive [comparative], most exhaustive [superlative]
Etymology: From exhaust + -ive. Etymology templates: {{af|en|exhaust|-ive}} exhaust + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} exhaustive (comparative more exhaustive, superlative most exhaustive)
  1. Including every possible element Synonyms: all-encompassing, thorough, comprehensive Translations (including every possible element): սպառիչ (spaṙičʿ) (Armenian), изчерпателен (izčerpatelen) (Bulgarian), exhaustiu (Catalan), vyčerpávající (Czech), volledig (Dutch), ĝisfunda (Esperanto), tyhjentävä (Finnish), exhaustif (French), exhaustivo (Galician), vollständig (German), erschöpfend (German), abschließend (German), εξαντλητικός (exantlitikós) (Greek), kimerítő (Hungarian), teljes körű (Hungarian), esaustivo (Italian), esauriente (Italian), exaustiu (Occitan), wyczerpujący (Polish), exaustivo (Portuguese), исче́рпывающий (isčérpyvajuščij) (Russian), и̏сцрпан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȉscrpan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), exhaustivo (Spanish), uttömmande (Swedish), kapsamlı (Turkish), şümullü [archaic] (Turkish), виче́рпний (vyčérpnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-exhaustive-en-adj-W3fz6kUM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 7 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 44 17 39 Disambiguation of 'including every possible element': 96 2 3
  2. Fully comprehensive
    Sense id: en-exhaustive-en-adj-1EDZmSmh Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 44 17 39
  3. (now rare) Causing exhaustion; very tiring Tags: archaic Synonyms: tiring, weariful, fatiguing
    Sense id: en-exhaustive-en-adj-6tb-qdx9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 7 44 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 44 17 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: collectively exhaustive, exhaustively, exhaustiveness, nonexhaustive

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