comprehensive
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (2)
- including all or everything“comprehensive coverage”“a comprehensive history of the revolution”“a comprehensive survey”“a comprehensive education”Opposite incomprehensiveSimilar across-the-board, cosmopolitan, all-around, super, citywide, countrywide, omnibus, encyclopedic +8 moreRelates to comprehensiveness, fullnessSee also complete, general, wide
- broad in scope“a comprehensive survey of world affairs”Opposite exclusiveSimilar inclusive
Noun (1)
- an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge“she took her comps in English literature”Synonyms: comprehensive examinationcompType of examination, exam
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Cf. F. compréhensif.
1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.
A very comprehensive definition.— Richard Bentley
Large and comprehensive idea.— William Ellery Channing
2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. “His comprehensive head.” Alexander Pope
3. Zoology Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.
☞ 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 Agassiz, is nearly synonymous.
Synonyms: Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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An early system on MIT's Whirlwind.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].
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