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comprehensive

adj
/ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/UK/ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/US

Etymology

Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō.

  1. derived from comprehendō
  2. derived from comprehēnsīvus
  3. borrowed from compréhensif

Definitions

  1. Broadly or completely covering

    Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.

    • When there are diametrically opposing views on a big issue that concerns millions of people, doing comprehensive research just makes sense.
    • Nevertheless, the comprehensive comparative analysis of pumpkin viromes across various geographic regions by NGS remains deficient.

  2. A comprehensive school.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at comprehensive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at comprehensive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at comprehensive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA