comprehensive
Meanings
Plural: comprehensives
Noun
- an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
- A comprehensive school.
Adjective
- including all or everything
- "comprehensive coverage"
- "a comprehensive history of the revolution"
- "a comprehensive survey"
- "a comprehensive education"
Adjective Satellite
- broad in scope
- "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"
Adj
- Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō.
Synonyms
across-the-board, all around, all-embracing, all-encompassing, blanket, broad, comp, comprehensive, comprehensive examination, exhaustive, overall, sweeping, thorough, wide-ranging
Antonyms
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