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comprehensive
What does comprehensive mean?
comprehensive (adjective): broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce comprehensive?
/ˌkɑmpɹiˈhɛnsɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does comprehensive come from?
Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to comprehensive
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “comprehensive” mean?
broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something
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fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing
Not quite: that's what abundant means.
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
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having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy
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