Definitions for comprehensive
ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪvcom·pre·hen·sive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. comprehensive examination, comprehensive, compadjective

   an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge

   "she took her comps in English literature"

2. comprehensiveadjective

   including all or everything

   "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"

3. comprehensiveadjective

   broad in scope

   "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. comprehensivenoun

   A comprehensive school.

2. comprehensiveadjective

   Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

3. Etymology: From comprehensivus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Comprehensiveadjective

   Etymology: from comprehend.

   1. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things at once.

   He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, because he has taken into the compass of his Canterbury tales the various manners and humours of the whole English nation in his age; not a single character has escaped him. John Dryden, Fables, Preface.

   His hand unstain’d, his uncorrupted heart,
   His comprehensive head; all int’rests weigh’d,
   All Europe sav’d, yet Britain not betray’d. Alexander Pope, Epistles.

   2. Having the quality of comprising much; compendious; extensive.

   So diffusive, so comprehensive, so catholick a grace is charity, that whatever time is the opportunity of any other virtue, that time is the opportunity of charity. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. comprehensive

   Comprehensive refers to something that is inclusive, wide-ranging or complete, covering all or nearly all elements, aspects or details. It's aimed at providing a thorough understanding or treatment of a subject.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. Comprehensiveadjective

   including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view

2. Comprehensiveadjective

   having the power to comprehend or understand many things

3. Comprehensiveadjective

   possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comprehensive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2836

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comprehensive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4752

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'comprehensive' in Adjectives Frequency: #387

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How to pronounce comprehensive?

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How to say comprehensive in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of comprehensive in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of comprehensive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of comprehensive in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   I want them to do a very comprehensive investigation.

2. Stephanie Otway:

   This is an initial step as we work toward a more comprehensive approach to tackling misinformation.

3. Caitlin Sutherland:

   CDC officials conducted comprehensive reviews of literature and extensively studied what happened during school openings in the fall and in Europe.

4. John Kavulich:

   These are the most comprehensive expansion in U.S. trade and investment regulations with Cuba in decades.

5. Adam White:

   There's a lot of specific criticism of the Roe precedent, the way Roe was originally decided, the quality of the court's reasoning, the quality of the court's original sort of historical analysis, but what you see, when you take an extra step back, is this is a pretty comprehensive originalist argument, in terms of beginning with the text.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=comprehensive
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Comprehensive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=comprehensive
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comprehensive
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=comprehensive