comprehensive
pronunciation
How to pronounce comprehensive in British English:
UK [ˌkɒmprɪˈhensɪv]
How to pronounce comprehensive in American English:
US [ˌkɑːmprɪˈhensɪv]
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- Adjective:
- including all or everything
- broad in scope
- being the most comprehensive of its class
Word Origin
- comprehensive (adj.)
- "containing much," 1610s, from French comprehénsif, from Late Latin comprehensivus, from comprehens-, past participle stem of Latin comprehendere (see comprehend). Related: Comprehensively (mid-15c.); comprehensiveness.
Antonym
Example
- 1. A comprehensive solution may depend on better information .
- 2. Britain has comprehensive laws that it fails to enforce .
- 3. We should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now .
- 4. The more comprehensive view in the report may benefit the service if its numerous recommendations are accepted , said a former army psychiatrist .
- 5. Comprehensive action is essential , as mr paulson has decided .