English Online Dictionary. What means comprehensive? What does comprehensive mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/
- 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, all-encompassing
Antonyms
- incomprehensive
Derived terms
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Translations
Noun
comprehensive (plural comprehensives)
- (British) A comprehensive school.
Latin
Adjective
comprehēnsīve
- vocative masculine singular of comprehēnsīvus