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- UK [ˌkɒmprɪˈhensɪv] / US [ˌkɑmprəˈhensɪv]
adjective
1) including many details or aspects of something
We offer a comprehensive range of goods and services.
a comprehensive guide to university courses
a comprehensive strategic review
2) British complete and easily achieveda comprehensive defeat/win/victory
3) relating to a system of education in the UK in which students with different levels of ability are all taught in the same schoolcomprehensive education
4) comprehensive insurance is insurance that pays for every kind of damage or loss, even if you are responsible for it
Derived word:
comprehensively
adverb
English dictionary. 2014.
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comprehensive — com·pre·hen·sive /ˌkäm pri hen siv/ adj: covering completely or broadly a comprehensive insurance policy Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. comprehensive … Law dictionary
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comprehensive — containing much, 1610s, from Fr. comprehénsif, from L.L. comprehensivus, from comprehens , pp. stem of L. comprehendere (see COMPREHEND (Cf. comprehend)). Related: Comprehensively (mid 15c.); comprehensiveness … Etymology dictionary
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