comprehensive

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
  2. adjective including all or everything
  3. adjective broad in scope

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

comprehensive examination, comp

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