comprehensive
/,kɔmpri'hensiv/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Broad in scope; covering or including a wide range of things: Refers to something that is thorough and complete in its coverage of a subject or area.
- Including all or everything; complete: Describes something that encompasses all elements or aspects, leaving nothing out.
Noun:
- An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge: A shortened, informal term for "comprehensive examination," often used in graduate-level university studies.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic factors.
- We offer comprehensive insurance coverage for your vehicle.
- She has a comprehensive understanding of the legal system.
Noun:
- All doctoral candidates must pass their comprehensives before beginning their dissertation.
- He is studying for his comps in medieval history.
Advanced Usage
- "Comprehensive" as a descriptor for systems or plans: Often used to describe solutions, strategies, or packages that are all-inclusive and designed to address every relevant part of a problem.
- The government launched a comprehensive plan to reduce urban poverty.
- Used in formal or academic contexts to emphasize thoroughness and lack of omission.
- The encyclopedia aims to be a comprehensive resource on world cultures.
Variants and Related Words
- Comprehensively (adverb): In a comprehensive manner; thoroughly.
- The topic was comprehensively covered in the lecture.
- Comprehensiveness (noun): The quality or state of being comprehensive.
- The comprehensiveness of the manual makes it an invaluable guide.
- Comprehensive school (noun - a compound term): A secondary school that teaches students of all abilities from a particular area.
- He attended the local comprehensive school.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Thorough, complete, exhaustive, all-inclusive, encyclopedic, sweeping, broad.
- Noun: Comprehensive exam, final exam, qualifying exam.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Limited, partial, incomplete, selective, narrow.
Related Phrases
- Comprehensive coverage: A phrase often used in insurance to describe a policy that protects against a wide range of risks or damages.
- The homeowner's policy includes comprehensive coverage for fire and theft.
- Comprehensive review: A detailed and complete assessment or evaluation.
- The committee will conduct a comprehensive review of the policy's effectiveness.
Adjective
- broad in scope
- a comprehensive survey of world affairs
- including all or everything
- comprehensive coverage
- a comprehensive history of the revolution
- a comprehensive survey
- a comprehensive education
Noun
- an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
- she took her comps in English literature