Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK)A comprehensive school.

More definitions
  • an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge

Examples

37 sentences

  1. What's needed is a comprehensive plan.

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  2. Is it comprehensive?

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  3. I gave you a comprehensive answer.

    ruЯ дал вам исчерпывающий ответ. — marafon

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  4. The data in tables above are not comprehensive.

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  5. I gained comprehensive knowledge of God after reading the bible.

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Origin

Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin

Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō.

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Forms

plural: comprehensives
Singularcomprehensive
Pluralcomprehensives

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge:comprehensive examinationcomp

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
compoundB1comprehendcomprehensiblecomprehensionB2compressB2compressionB2compressor

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