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comprehension |
comprehensive |
comprehensive examination |
comprehensive school |
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comprehensiveness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun comprehensiveness has 2 senses
- comprehensiveness(n = noun.state) fullness - completeness over a broad scope; Array is a kind of completeness
- comprehensiveness(n = noun.cognition) breadth, largeness - the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views" is a kind of intelligence
Derived form adjective comprehensive1
has particulars: capaciousness, roominess
Derived form adjective comprehensive2
CIDE DICTIONARY
comprehensiveness, n.
The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope. [1913 Webster]
"Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins."
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