comprehensive
UK/.kɒmpri'hensiv/US
NGSL 3kTOEFLGREB2
Definitions
adj.
Covering everything relevant; thorough and wide-ranging
全面的，综合的，详尽的
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcom-together, with
+
-ivetending to, having the nature of
=comprehensive
com- (fully) + prehens (grasp) + -ive (tending to) = 'tending to grasp everything.' Something comprehensive reaches its arms all the way around a subject and takes it all in — full coverage, nothing left out.
Root prehens still carries 16 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.comprehensive coverage全面覆盖
- 2.comprehensive review全面评估
- 3.comprehensive guide全面指南
- 4.comprehensive plan综合计划
Example Sentences
- 1.
The book offers a comprehensive guide to French cooking.
- 2.
We need a comprehensive review of the entire system.
- 3.
The policy provides comprehensive coverage for medical costs.
Easily Confused
comprehensive vs comprehensible — these look alike but are opposites in focus. Comprehensive = covering everything (a comprehensive report). Comprehensible = able to be understood (a comprehensible report). A report can be comprehensive but not comprehensible — huge but unreadable.