"comprehensive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkɑːm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-comprehensive.ogg [US], en-au-comprehensive.ogg [Australia] Forms: more comprehensive [comparative], most comprehensive [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰed-}} [Template:root], {{bor|en|frm|compréhensif}} Middle French compréhensif, {{der|en|LL.|comprehēnsīvus}} Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, {{der|en|la|comprehendō}} Latin comprehendō Head templates: {{en-adj}} comprehensive (comparative more comprehensive, superlative most comprehensive)
  1. Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something. Derived forms: comprehensive distancing, comprehensively, comprehensivization, comprehensivize Related terms: comprehend, comprehensible, comprehension, generic Translations (broadly or completely covering): شَامِل (šāmil) [masculine] (Arabic), شَامِلَة (šāmila) [feminine] (Arabic), սպառիչ (spaṙičʿ) (Armenian), համապարփակ (hamaparpʿak) (Armenian), обши́рен (obšíren) (Bulgarian), подро́бен (podróben) (Bulgarian), обсто́ен (obstóen) (Bulgarian), схватли́в (shvatlív) (Bulgarian), 全面的 (quánmiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 綜合的 (Chinese Mandarin), 综合的 (zōnghé de) (Chinese Mandarin), obsáhlý (Czech), komplexní (Czech), zevrubný (Czech), fyldestgørende (Danish), omfattende (Danish), omvattend (Dutch), alomvattend (Dutch), uitgebreid (Dutch), diepgaand (Dutch), ampleksa (Esperanto), kompleksa (Esperanto), umfatandi (Faroese), laaja (Finnish), kattava (Finnish), complet (French), exhaustif (French), completo [masculine] (Galician), სრული (sruli) (Georgian), ყოვლისმომცველი (q̇ovlismomcveli) (Georgian), umfassend (German), umfangreich (German), átfogó (Hungarian), komprehenzív (Hungarian), komprehensif (Indonesian), esaustivo (Italian), completo (Italian), complessivo (Italian), 包括的な (hōkatuteki-na) (alt: ほうかつてきな) (Japanese), 포괄적인 (pogwaljeogin) (Korean), grundig (Norwegian), omfattende (Norwegian), wszechstronny (Polish), kompleksowy (Polish), obszerny (Polish), abrangente (Portuguese), cuprinzător (Romanian), multilateral [masculine] (Romanian), всесторо́нний (vsestorónnij) (Russian), по́лный (pólnyj) (Russian), всеобъе́млющий (vseobʺjémljuščij) (Russian), исче́рпывающий (isčérpyvajuščij) (Russian), опсежан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), обухватан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), исцрпан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), свеобухватан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), opsežan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), obuhvatan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), iscrpan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sveobuhvatan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vyčerpávajúci (Slovak), podrobný (Slovak), obsiahly (Slovak), abarcativo [masculine] (Spanish), abarcador (Spanish), englobante (Spanish), completo (Spanish), exhaustivo (Spanish), comprensivo [masculine] (Spanish), omfattande (Swedish), uttömmande (Swedish), விசாலமான (vicālamāṉa) (Tamil), şamil (Turkish), kapsayici (Turkish), kapsamlı (Turkish), şümullü [archaic] (Turkish), всебі́чний (vsebíčnyj) (Ukrainian), всеося́жний (vseosjážnyj) (Ukrainian), по́вний (póvnyj) (Ukrainian), виче́рпний (vyčérpnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-comprehensive-en-adj-KnVbkF5s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: across-the-board, all around, all-embracing, blanket, broad, comprehensive, overall, sweeping Synonyms (broadly or completely covering): exhaustive, thorough, all-encompassing

Noun

IPA: /ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkɑːm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-comprehensive.ogg [US], en-au-comprehensive.ogg [Australia] Forms: comprehensives [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰed-}} [Template:root], {{bor|en|frm|compréhensif}} Middle French compréhensif, {{der|en|LL.|comprehēnsīvus}} Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, {{der|en|la|comprehendō}} Latin comprehendō Head templates: {{en-noun}} comprehensive (plural comprehensives)
  1. (Britain) A comprehensive school. Tags: Britain
    Sense id: en-comprehensive-en-noun-erdwrFbs Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "spaṙičʿ",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "սպառիչ"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hamaparpʿak",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "համապարփակ"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obšíren",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "обши́рен"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podróben",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "подро́бен"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "обсто́ен"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "shvatlív",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "схватли́в"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "quánmiàn de",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "全面的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "綜合的"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zōnghé de",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "obsáhlý"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "komplexní"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "fyldestgørende"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "omfattende"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "omvattend"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "alomvattend"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "uitgebreid"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "diepgaand"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "ampleksa"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
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        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "umfatandi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "laaja"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "kattava"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "complet"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "exhaustif"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sruli",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "სრული"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "q̇ovlismomcveli",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "ყოვლისმომცველი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "umfassend"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "umfangreich"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "átfogó"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "komprehenzív"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "komprehensif"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "esaustivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "completo"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "complessivo"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ほうかつてきな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hōkatuteki-na",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "包括的な"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pogwaljeogin",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "포괄적인"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "grundig"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "omfattende"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "wszechstronny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "kompleksowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "obszerny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "abrangente"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "cuprinzător"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "multilateral"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vsestorónnij",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "всесторо́нний"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pólnyj",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "по́лный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vseobʺjémljuščij",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "всеобъе́млющий"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "isčérpyvajuščij",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "исче́рпывающий"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "опсежан"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "обухватан"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "исцрпан"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "свеобухватан"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "opsežan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "obuhvatan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "iscrpan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "sveobuhvatan"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "vyčerpávajúci"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "podrobný"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "obsiahly"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "abarcativo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "abarcador"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "englobante"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "completo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "exhaustivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "comprensivo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "omfattande"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "uttömmande"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "vicālamāṉa",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "விசாலமான"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "şamil"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "kapsayici"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "kapsamlı"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "şümullü"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vsebíčnyj",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "всебі́чний"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vseosjážnyj",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "всеося́жний"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "póvnyj",
          "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
          "word": "по́вний"
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      "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
      "word": "uttömmande"
    },
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vicālamāṉa",
      "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
      "word": "விசாலமான"
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      "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
      "word": "şamil"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
      "word": "kapsayici"
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      "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
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      "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
      "word": "всебі́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vseosjážnyj",
      "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
      "word": "всеося́жний"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "póvnyj",
      "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
      "word": "по́вний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyčérpnyj",
      "sense": "broadly or completely covering",
      "word": "виче́рпний"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30",
          "text": "Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.",
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        "A comprehensive school."
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        "(Britain) A comprehensive school."
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      "tags": [
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      "audio": "en-au-comprehensive.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/En-au-comprehensive.ogg",
      "tags": [
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