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comprehensive

  • adjective
  • com·pre·hen·sive
  • /ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/

broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

Example

“When there are diametrically opposing views on a big issue that concerns millions of people, doing comprehensive research just makes sense.”

Example sentences

  • “Our curriculum is comprehensive.”

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Word history

From Latin "comprehendō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “comprehensive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.