What does comprehensive mean?
Definitions for comprehensive
ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪvcom·pre·hen·sive
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word comprehensive.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
comprehensiveadjective
including all or everything
"comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"
comprehensiveadjective
broad in scope
"a comprehensive survey of world affairs"
Wiktionary
comprehensivenoun
A comprehensive school.
comprehensiveadjective
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
Etymology: From comprehensivus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Comprehensiveadjective
Etymology: from comprehend.
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.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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Comprehensiveadjective
including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view
Comprehensiveadjective
having the power to comprehend or understand many things
Comprehensiveadjective
possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'comprehensive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2836
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'comprehensive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4752
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'comprehensive' in Adjectives Frequency: #387
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of comprehensive in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of comprehensive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of comprehensive in a Sentence
Now one potential problem is, given the United States' comprehensive ban on people's coming and going between China and the U.S. Now objectively, this will bring some difficulties to implementing this agreement, i hope that the U.S. will consider this problem, and how to continue to prevent the spread of this epidemic, while not taking unnecessary limitations on trade and people.
This study defines ... a comprehensive list of mutations in the titin gene, which of these are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy, and which are harmless.
The Department of Justice has determined that the district court's comprehensive opinion came to the correct conclusion and will support it on appeal.
The tempo and tenor of the recent explosions in Iran have been unusual. There is evidence of a concerted campaign underway to thwart Irans nuclear program, the more Iran advances its nuclear program in violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the greater the likelihood for additional strikes.
Former President George W. Bush:
I laid out what I thought was a comprehensive plan that would work in an Oval Office address when I was the President, i still think that's going to be the plan that ends up being adopted at some point in time.
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- شاملArabic
- obsáhlýCzech
- fyldestgørende, omfattendeDanish
- umfassendGerman
- περιεκτικόςGreek
- ampleksaEsperanto
- completo, exhaustivoSpanish
- جامعPersian
- laaja, kattavaFinnish
- umfatandiFaroese
- complet, exhaustifFrench
- व्यापकHindi
- átfogóHungarian
- սպառիչ, համապարփակArmenian
- esaustivoItalian
- 包括的Japanese
- სრული, ყოვლისმომცველიGeorgian
- ಸಮಗ್ರKannada
- 포괄적인Korean
- comprehendoLatin
- alomvattend, omvattend, diepgaand, uitgebreidDutch
- grundig, omfattendeNorwegian
- wszechstronnyPolish
- compreensivo, abrangentePortuguese
- multilateral, cuprinzătorRomanian
- полный, исчерпывающий, всеобъемлющий, всестороннийRussian
- исцрпан, opsežan, sveobuhvatan, обухватан, опсежан, obuhvatan, свеобухватан, iscrpanSerbo-Croatian
- uttömmande, omfattandeSwedish
- விசாலமான, பரந்தTamil
- samil, kapsayici, muhtasarTurkish
- toàn diệnVietnamese
- 全面Chinese
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