comprehensive

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

com·pre·hen·sive AW [comprehensive comprehensives] adjective, noun BrE [ˌkɒmprɪˈhensɪv] NAmE [ˌkɑːmprɪˈhensɪv]
adjective
1. including all, or almost all, the items, details, facts, information, etc, that may be concerned
Syn: ↑complete, Syn: ↑full
•a comprehensive list of addresses
•a comprehensive study
•comprehensive insurance (= covering all risks)
2. (BrE) (of education)designed for students of all abilities in the same school

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from French compréhensif, -ive, from late Latin comprehensivus, from the verb comprehendere ‘grasp mentally’.

Example Bank:
•The list is fairly comprehensive.
•fully comprehensive insurance
•You are advised to take out comprehensive insurance.
Derived Word: ↑comprehensiveness
 
noun (also compreˈhensive school) (also informal comp)
(in Britain) a ↑secondary school for young people of all levels of ability

Word Origin:
early 17th cent.: from French compréhensif, -ive, from late Latin comprehensivus, from the verb comprehendere ‘grasp mentally’.
 
See also: ↑comp ▪ ↑comprehensive school

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  comprehensive examination, comp
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  noncomprehensive, incomprehensive