comprehensive

See also compréhensive

English

WOTD - 27 August 2009    

Alternative forms

• compræhensive (archaic)

Etymology

See English to comprehend.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/, SAMPA: /"kQmp.ri.hEn.sIv/
• (US) IPA: /kɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪv/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: com‧pre‧hen‧sive

Adjective

comprehensive (comparative more comprehensive, superlative most comprehensive)

1. Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

Synonyms

• (broadly or completely covering): exhaustive, thorough, all-encompassing

Derived terms

• comprehensively
• comprehensivization
• comprehensivize

Translations

broadly or completely covering

Armenian: սպառիչ (hy) (spaṙič), համապարփակ (hy) (hamaparp’ak) Chinese: Mandarin: 全面的 (cmn) (quánmiàn de), 綜合的 (cmn), 综合的 (cmn) (zōnghé de) Croatian: opsežno (hr), obuhvatno (hr), iscrpno (hr) Czech: obsáhlý (cs) Danish: fyldestgørende (da), omfattende (da) Dutch: omvattend, alomvattend, uitgebreid, diepgaand Faroese: umfatandi (fo) Finnish: laaja (fi), kattava (fi) French: complet (fr), exhaustif (fr) Georgian: სრული (ka) (sruli), ყოვლისმომცველი (ka) (qovlismomtsveli) German: umfassend (de) Hungarian: átfogó (hu)

Japanese: 包括的な (ほうかつてきな, hōkatutekina) Korean: 포괄적인 (ko) (pogwaljukin) Norwegian: grundig (no), omfattende (no) Polish: wszechstronny m. Portuguese: abrangente (pt) Romanian: cuprinzător (ro) Russian: исчерпывающий (ru), полный (ru) Spanish: completo (es), exhaustivo (es) Swedish: omfattande (sv) Tamil: please add this translation if you can: Turkish: samil (tr), muhtasar (tr), kapsayici (tr)

Noun

comprehensive (plural comprehensives)

1. (UK) A comprehensive school.

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Latin

Adjective

comprehensīve

1. vocative masculine singular of comprehensīvus