Comprehensive Definition
comprehensive
See also compréhensive
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English
WOTD - 27 August 2009Alternative forms
- compræhensive (archaic)
Etymology
See English to comprehend.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/, SAMPA: /"kQmp.ri.hEn.sIv/
- (US) IPA: /kɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪv/
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Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: com‧pre‧hen‧sive
Adjective
comprehensive (comparative more comprehensive, superlative most comprehensive)
- Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
Synonyms
- (broadly or completely covering): exhaustive, thorough
Derived terms
- comprehensively
- comprehensivization
- comprehensivize
Noun
comprehensive (plural comprehensives)
- (UK) A comprehensive school.
Latin
Adjective
comprehensīve
- vocative masculine singular of comprehensīvus
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