comprehensive
adjectifnomattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv//
- États-Unis//ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv//
Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
adjectif
- 1
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.
So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational.
Étymologie
Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, from Latin comprehendō.
nom
- 1
A comprehensive school.
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
Formes
- pluriel
- comprehensives
- comparatif
- more comprehensive
- superlatif
- most comprehensive
comprehensive · Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
compressed · Pressed tightly together.compression · An increase in density; the act of compressing, or the state…compromise · The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent…