Definition of "comprehensive" []

• So large in scope or content as to include much: a comprehensive history of the revolution. (adjective)
• Marked by or showing extensive understanding: comprehensive knowledge. (adjective)
• An examination or series of examinations covering the entire field of major study, given in the final undergraduate or graduate year of college. Often used in the plural. (noun)
• A preliminary layout showing all the elements planned for an advertisement. (noun)

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• "The Bush administration tended not to use "comprehensive," a code word for peace between Israel and all its remaining Arab adversaries: the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon."
• "First, we dropped the word comprehensive from the title of the bill."
• "He uses the term comprehensive immigration reform a lot more often."