What does comprehensive mean?
Definitions for comprehensive
ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪvcom·pre·hen·sive
Here are all the possible meanings 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.
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
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
*(C)(P)-TRENCH TOWN INVESTIGATES. THIS IS MY ORIGINAL IDEA AND CREATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE OF US FROM TRENCH TOWN WILL SPEAK THE TRUE HISTORY OF OUR LIVES FROM THOSE DAYS TO THIS TIME. IT IS THE ONLY FORENSIC, DETAILED, COMPREHENSIVE, REFLECTIVE, RETROGRESSIVE LOOK INTO ALL OUR LIVES AND TO THE ENDS OF MOST. THIS IS THE HISTORY WHICH SO MANY WOULD LOVE TO STEAL FROM OUR PEOPLE. IT IS ALL TRUE, ALL INCONTROVERTIBLE, ALL SPEAKING THE HISTORY OF OUR LIVES THERE IN JAMAICA. THIS IS ALSO MY LEGACY FOR THE PERPETUITY OF OUR PEOPLE. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
Secretary( Betsy) DeVos took immediate action, including referring the case to Federal Protective Services for a comprehensive investigation, increasing building security, and most importantly, ensuring the impacted employee was supported, because this is an ongoing law enforcement matter, it is inappropriate for us to comment any further on specifics.
With considerable assistance from the many people and organizations we consulted, NFL ownership has endorsed an enhanced policy that is significantly more robust, thorough, and formal, the policy is comprehensive. It is strong. It is tough. And it is better for everyone associated with the NFL.
The EU will support Greece in ensuring comprehensive, large scale and fast-track returns to Turkey.
In an ideal world, it would make sense to assess for financial vulnerability as part of a regular comprehensive assessment for common age-related problems – falls, mobility issues, difficulty managing activities of daily living, isolation, cognitive changes – that often affect the health and life of seniors.
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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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