COMPREHENSIVE

comprehensive

(adjective) including all or everything; “comprehensive coverage”; “a comprehensive history of the revolution”; “a comprehensive survey”; “a comprehensive education”

comprehensive

(adjective) broad in scope; “a comprehensive survey of world affairs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

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

Noun

comprehensive (plural comprehensives)

(British) A comprehensive school.

Source: Wiktionary

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Com`pre*hen"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. compréhensif.]

1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view. A very comprehensive definition. Bentley. Large and comprehensive idea. Channing.

2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. "His comprehensive head." Pope.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.

Note: The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agssiz, is nearly synonymous.

Syn.

– Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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