- including all, or almost all, the items, details, facts, information, etc., that may be involved synonym complete, full
- a comprehensive list of addresses
- a comprehensive study
- comprehensive insurance (= covering all risks)
Extra Examples- The list is fairly comprehensive.
- fully comprehensive insurance
- You are advised to take out comprehensive insurance.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- (British English) (of education) designed for students of all abilities in the same schoolTopics Educationc2
- (of a victory or defeat) gained or lost by a large amount
- The cricket team finished the season with a comprehensive victory over their rivals.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French compréhensif, -ive, from late Latin comprehensivus, from the verb comprehendere ‘grasp mentally’.
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