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comprehensive

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Comprehensive may refer to: Comprehensive layout , the page layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the designer to a client Comprehensive school , a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. broadly or completely covering; include a large proportion of something. n. (context British English) A comprehensive school.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. including all or everything; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" [ant: noncomprehensive ] broad in scope; "a comprehensive survey of world affairs" being the most ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a complete/full/comprehensive list ▪ The full list of winners is on page seven. a comprehensive assessment (= that includes all the necessary facts or details ) ▪ Our clients receive a comprehensive assessment of ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"containing much," 1610s, from French comprehénsif , from Late Latin comprehensivus , from comprehens- , past participle stem of Latin comprehendere (see comprehend ). Related: Comprehensively (mid-15c.); comprehensiveness .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Comprehensive \Com`pre*hen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. compr['e]hensif.] Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view. A very comprehensive definition. --Bentley. Large and comprehensive idea. --Channing. Having the power to comprehend ...

Usage examples of comprehensive.

It may not often be possible until men of science generally again take up the study of Plato and Aristotle, or at least busy themselves, as did Agassiz, with some comprehensive modern philosopher like Schelling.

In order to show the interesting features of the northern portions of many Australasian islands, and for the purposes of comparison with older and later maps, we give also a more comprehensive sketch map on our adopted projection.

He paused and bowed to the company, taking a quick comprehensive look, and his eye checking momentarily on Lady Cytherea as he did so.

The Internet, is, in effect, an encyclopaedia - far more detailed, far more authoritative, and far more comprehensive that any encyclopaedia can ever hope to be.

Klaus used the Quagmire notebooks to study for the comprehensive exams, and everything worked the way it should.

From all the information I have received, I am now satisfied that a very large and comprehensive plan of attack had been arranged by the party which is popularly known as the Sweeny-Roberts section of the Fenian Brotherhood.

The declining effectiveness of the Bretton Woods mechanisms and the decomposition of the monetary system of Fordism in the dominant countries made it clear that the reconstruction of an international system of capital would have to involve a comprehensive restructuring of economic relations and a paradigm shift in the definition of world command.

Each robot was linked to a larger network under the control of the computer evermind, a labyrinth of circuitry that functioned in unison, building the Synchronized Worlds to a larger, more comprehensive state of order and progress.

Miss Helvetia Appleyard awakened, did precisely what the tickled British maiden of to-day may be relied upon to do under corresponding circumstances: she first of all took swift and comprehensive survey of the male thing behind the feather.

It performs hematological, biochemical, and microbiological tests on any blood sample, and the computer software program linked to it generates a comprehensive report and profile.

To demonstrate her impeccable Jacobinism, Charlotte, in response to his request to name the plotters, recited a comprehensive list.

The classic Ebola face made the monkeys look as if they had seem something beyond comprehensive.

We condemned the Indian nuclear tests, reaffirmed our support for the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Comprehensive Test Ban treaties, and said we wanted a global treaty to stop the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons.

Deprived of this clear and comprehensive estimate, we are reduced to collect a few imperfect hints from such of the ancients as have accidentally turned aside from the splendid to the more useful parts of history.

The reforms of Sixtus are important rather for their comprehensive than for their drastic quality.