| comprehensive | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. comp, comprehensive, comprehensive examination | an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge.; "she took her comps in English literature" |
| ~ exam, examination, test | a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questions" |
| adj. | 2. comprehensive | including all or everything.; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" |
| ~ complete | having every necessary or normal part or component or step.; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting" |
| ~ across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, encompassing, broad, extensive, panoptic, wide | broad in scope or content.; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"; "granted him wide powers" |
| ~ all-around, all-round, well-rounded | many-sided.; "an all-around athlete"; "a well-rounded curriculum" |
| ~ citywide | occurring or extending throughout a city.; "citywide bussing"; "a citywide strike" |
| ~ countywide | occurring or extending throughout a county.; "a countywide war on drugs"; "countywide elections" |
| ~ countrywide, nationwide | occurring or extending throughout a country or nation.; "the event aroused nationwide interest"; "a countrywide fund-raising campaign" |
| ~ universal, ecumenical, oecumenical, cosmopolitan, world-wide, worldwide, general | of worldwide scope or applicability.; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"; "universal experience" |
| ~ house-to-house, door-to-door | omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next.; "a door-to-door campaign"; "house-to-house coverage" |
| ~ encyclopaedic, encyclopedic | broad in scope or content.; "encyclopedic knowledge" |
| ~ large | having broad power and range and scope.; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" |
| ~ omnibus | providing for many things at once.; "an omnibus law" |
| ~ plenary | full in all respects.; "a plenary session of the legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers" |
| ~ spaciotemporal, spatiotemporal | existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration. |
| ~ schoolwide | occurring or extending throughout a school.; "schoolwide support for the team" |
| ~ statewide | occurring or extending throughout a state.; "the statewide recycling program" |
| ~ super | including more than a specified category.; "a super experiment" |
| ~ umbrella | covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups.; "an umbrella organization"; "umbrella insurance coverage" |
| ~ general | applying to all or most members of a category or group.; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader" |
| ~ broad, wide | having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other.; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river" |
| adj. | 3. comprehensive | broad in scope.; "a comprehensive survey of world affairs" |
| ~ inclusive | including much or everything; and especially including stated limits.; "an inclusive art form"; "an inclusive fee"; "his concept of history is modern and inclusive"; "from Monday to Friday inclusive" |
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