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exhaustive

Syllables: ex·hau·stiveUK/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv//ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/

exhaustive adjective: including every possible element: fully comprehensive.

Adjective

exhaustive (comparative more exhaustive, superlative most exhaustive)

  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

exhaustive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

exhaustive in Hindi

including every possible element
संपूर्ण sampūrṇ, विस्तृत vistŕt, व्यापक vyāpak

exhaustive in Tamil

அகல் விரிவான, முழுமையான, விளக்கமான, விவரமான, விரிவான

exhaustive in Bengali

পুঙ্খানুপুঙ্খ, সর্বাঙ্গীণ

exhaustive in Malayalam

all-inclusive, comprehensive, complete
സമ്പൂർണ്ണമായ, സമഗ്ര, സമസ്ത, സർവ്വവിശദാംശങ്ങളും അടങ്ങിയ, വ്യാപകമായ, എല്ലാമടങ്ങിയ
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exhaustive in Kannada
ಬಳಸಿ ಪೂರೈಸುವ, ವ್ಯಾಪಕವಾಗಿರುವಂತೆ ಬಳಸುವ, ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾದ, ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ
exhaustive in Arabic
حاصر

Examples of exhaustive in a sentence

  • The article is not exhaustive, but it covers the salient points pretty well.
  • When rolling a six-sided die, the outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are collectively exhaustive.
  • And its treatment of words is as nearly exhaustive as the compass of an abridged work permits.

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Synonyms of exhaustive

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Forms of exhaustive

comparativemore exhaustive
superlativemost exhaustive

Origin of exhaustive

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

Words formed from exhaustive

Questions about exhaustive

What does exhaustive mean?
Exhaustive means including every possible element: fully comprehensive.
What is exhaustive in Hindi?
Exhaustive in Hindi is संपूर्ण (sampūrṇ), विस्तृत (vistŕt), व्यापक (vyāpak). See Exhaustive meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is exhaustive?
Exhaustive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce exhaustive?
Exhaustive is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/ (UK).

Words near exhaustive in the dictionary

  1. exhaustingly
  2. exhaustingness
  3. exhaustion
  4. exhaustions
  5. exhaustipated
  6. exhaustive
  7. exhaustively
  8. exhaustiveness
  9. exhaustivities
  10. exhaustivity
  11. exhaustless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exhaustive (page history and authors); exhaustive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Exhaustive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exhaustive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); exhaustive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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