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“comprehensive”
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.
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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.
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com-, co-, cog-, col-, con-, cor-
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prehend-, prehens-
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“comprehensive”
(Latin: large, enlargement, spacious; comprehensive; enough, more than enough)
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“comprehensive”
Descriptive of having large contents or perceiving and easily understanding a great number of things. (1)
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