Adjective: comprehensive ,kóm-pri'hen-siv
- Including all or everything
"a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"
- Broad in scope
"a comprehensive survey of world affairs"
- An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
"she took her comprehensives in English literature"; "Graduate students must pass a comprehensive examination before beginning their dissertation";
- comprehensive examination, comp
Derived forms: comprehensives
See also: across-the-board, all-around [N. Amer], all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, all-round, blanket, broad, citywide, complete, comprehensiveness, cosmopolitan, countrywide, countywide, door-to-door, ecumenical, encompassing, encyclopaedic [Brit], encyclopedic, extensive, fullness, fulness, general, global, house-to-house, inclusive, large, nationwide, oecumenical [archaic], omnibus, panoptic, plenary, schoolwide, spaciotemporal, spatiotemporal, statewide, super, umbrella, universal, well-rounded, wide, worldwide, world-wide
Type of: exam, examination, test
Antonym: incomprehensive
Encyclopedia: Comprehensive