comprehensiveness
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From comprehensive + -ness.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɑmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪvnəs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪvnəs/
Noun[edit]
comprehensiveness (uncountable)
- The state of being comprehensive.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 312:
- It was this comprehensiveness which made the art so compelling.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page viii
- The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 312: