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comprehensible, comprehensive
comprehensible (kahm" pri HEN suh buhl) (adjective)
Understandable: The secretary's job was to translate the manager's directives into a comprehensible language for the workers in the factory.
comprehensive (kahm" pri HEN siv) (adjective)
Complete, inclusive; dealing with all or many of the relevant details: The director stated that the new report was the most comprehensive and comprehensible one she had ever read.

In response to the request from his supervisor, the social worker prepared a comprehensive manual for others to follow to prepare future comprehensible reports for the office.

comprehensive (adjective), more comprehensive, most comprehensive
Including many, most, or a lot of things: Henry had a comprehensive understanding of computer programming and so he was very busy providing his skills for many projects.
Capable of easily understanding.
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This entry is located in the following units: com-, co-, cog-, col-, con-, cor- (page 3) prehend-, prehens- (page 2)
A unit related to: “comprehensive
(Latin: large, enlargement, spacious; comprehensive; enough, more than enough)
Word Entries at Get Words: “comprehensive
Descriptive of having large contents or perceiving and easily understanding a great number of things. (1)