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Definition of 'Comprehensive'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) comprehensive
of large scope; covering much; inclusive:
a comprehensive study.

2. comprehensive
having or marked by an extensive mental range or grasp:
comprehensive understanding.

3. comprehensive
(of insurance) providing broad protection against loss.

4. (n.) comprehensive
Often, comprehensives. Also called comprehensive examination. an extensive examination given to measure general progress or proficiency in a major field of study.

Etymology: (1605–15; < LL)

Definition of 'Comprehensive'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) comprehensive examination, comprehensive, comp
an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
"she took her comps in English literature"

2. (adj) comprehensive
including all or everything
"comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"

3. (adj) comprehensive
broad in scope
"a comprehensive survey of world affairs"

Definition of 'Comprehensive'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) comprehensive
including all that is needed
a comprehensive guide to your health care; comprehensive immigration reform

Definition of 'Comprehensive'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Comprehensive
including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view

2. (adj) Comprehensive
having the power to comprehend or understand many things

3. (adj) Comprehensive
possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups

Translation of 'Comprehensive'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: including many things The school curriculum is very comprehensive.
Afrikaans: omvattend, alomvattend, v	Arabic: شامِل	Bulgarian: обширен
Brazilian: completo	Czech: obsáhlý, vyčerpávající	German: umfassend
Danish: omfattende	Greek: περιεκτικός	Spanish: completo, extenso
Estonian: laiaulatuslik	Farsi: جامع؛ فراگیر	Finnish: perusteellinen
French: vaste; complet	Hebrew: מַקִיף	Hindi: विस्तृत
Croatian: opsežan, obuhvatan	Hungarian: átfogó, széles körű	Indonesian: mencakup banyak hal
Icelandic: yfirgripsmikill	Italian: ampio, vasto	Japanese: 包括的な
Korean: 포괄적인	Lithuanian: visapusiškas	Latvian: vispusīgs; plašs
Malay: merangkumi banyak hal	Dutch: veelomvattend	Norwegian: omfattende, allsidig
Polish: wszechstronny	Persian: جامع؛ فراگیر	Pashto: جامع
Portuguese: completo	Romanian: cuprinzător; complet	Russian: обширный
Slovak: podrobný	Slovenian: obsežen, izčrpen	Serbian: sveobuhvatan
Swedish: omfattande, innehållsrik,	Thai: ที่ครอบคลุม	Turkish: kapsamlı, etraflı
Taiwanese: 綜合的，廣泛的	Ukrainian: всеосяжний; вичерпний	Urdu: جامع
Vietnamese: bao hàm toàn diện	Chinese: 综合的，广泛的
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