# comprehensive

Pronunciation: US/AUS say "kom-pruh-HEN-siv" /ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/; UK say "kom-pri-HEN-siv" /ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/

## Adjective

1. Broad or complete in coverage, taking in a large proportion of what could be included.
   - Simple: Covering all or nearly all parts of something, with little left out.
   - _The committee produced a comprehensive report on housing conditions across the region._
   - _Her comprehensive knowledge of the subject impressed everyone on the panel._

## Noun

2. A state-funded secondary school in Britain that admits students of all abilities without selection by examination. *(British)*
   - Simple: A government-funded school in Britain that takes in students of all abilities.
   - _He teaches science at a large comprehensive on the edge of the city._
   - _The reforms changed how comprehensives are funded across the country._

## Origin

Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, which comes from Late Latin comprehēnsīvus, ultimately from the Latin verb comprehendō.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/comprehensive (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).