(adj) including all or everything, Ant.noncomprehensive, Example: comprehensive coverage; a comprehensive history of the revolution; a comprehensive survey; a comprehensive education
(n) an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge, Syn.comp, comprehensive, Example: she took her comps in English literature
a. [ Cf. F. compréhensif. ] 1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view. [ 1913 Webster ]
A very comprehensive definition. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Large and comprehensive idea. Channing. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. “His comprehensive head.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Zool.) Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agassiz, is nearly synonymous.
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย