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COMPREHENSIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
Example:
she took her comps in English literature
Synonyms:
comp; comprehensive; comprehensive examination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("comprehensive" is a kind of...):
exam; examination; test (a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Including all or everything
Example:
a comprehensive education
Classified under:
Similar:
umbrella (covering or applying simultaneously to a number of similar items or elements or groups)
super (including more than a specified category)
statewide (occurring or extending throughout a state)
schoolwide (occurring or extending throughout a school)
spaciotemporal; spatiotemporal (existing in both space and time; having both spatial extension and temporal duration)
plenary (full in all respects)
omnibus (providing for many things at once)
large (having broad power and range and scope)
encyclopaedic; encyclopedic (comprehensive in scope or content (as an encyclopedia))
door-to-door; house-to-house (omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next)
cosmopolitan; ecumenical; general; oecumenical; universal; world-wide; worldwide (of worldwide scope or applicability)
countrywide; nationwide (occurring or extending throughout a country or nation)
countywide (occurring or extending throughout a county)
citywide (occurring or extending throughout a city)
all-around; all-round; well-rounded (many-sided)
across-the-board; all-embracing; all-encompassing; all-inclusive; blanket; broad; encompassing; extensive; panoptic; wide (broad in scope or content)
Also:
complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)
general (applying to all or most members of a category or group)
broad; wide (having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other)
Attribute:
comprehensiveness; fullness (completeness over a broad scope)
Antonym:
noncomprehensive (not comprehensive)
Derivation:
comprehend (include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory)
comprehensiveness (completeness over a broad scope)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Broad in scope
Example:
a comprehensive survey of world affairs
Classified under:
Similar:
inclusive (including much or everything; and especially including stated limits)
Derivation:
comprehend (include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory)
comprehensiveness (the capacity to understand a broad range of topics)
Context examples:
It became an NCI-designated cancer center in 1997 and achieved comprehensive status in 2003.
(Cancer Institute of New Jersey, NCI Thesaurus)
Through the Cancer Molecular Analysis Project (CMAP), NCI facilitates the identification and evaluation of molecular targets by integrating comprehensive molecular characterizations of cancer and making the data and infrastructure publicly accessible.
(Cancer Molecular Analysis Project, NCI Thesaurus)
It became an NCI-designated cancer center in 1994 and achieved comprehensive cancer center status in 1997.
(Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
The center received its NCI designation in 1981 and its designation as a comprehensive cancer center in 1998.
(City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
Describes the comprehensive state of the study.
(Clinical Study Status, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
A consortium of professional organizations dedicated to improving survival and quality of life for cancer patients through standard-setting, prevention, research, education, and the monitoring of comprehensive quality care.
(Commission on Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)
General and comprehensive nursing practice directed to individuals, families, or groups as it relates to and contributes to the health of a population.
(Community Health Nursing, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Cardiac/Vascular nurses provide comprehensive nursing care to individuals diagnosed with cardiac/vascular disease as well as those identified at risk for cardiac/vascular events.
(Cardiovascular Nurse, NCI Thesaurus)
The Cancer Patient Education Network is an NCI-sponsored organization of cancer patient education leaders from NCI-designated comprehensive and clinical centers nationwide.
(Cancer Patient Education Network, NCI Thesaurus)
It is updated monthly to provide a comprehensive up-to-date resource of published cancer research results.
(CancerLit, NCI Thesaurus)
