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UK
/kˌɒmpɹɪhˈɛnsɪvnəs/
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NOUN
- completeness over a broad scope
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the capacity to understand a broad range of topics
a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject
a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views
How To Use comprehensiveness In A Sentence
- Travelers will appreciate the packability (some really will fit in your pocket) and be willing to sacrifice the comprehensiveness of a standard-size guide if they can be assured that a small guide will provide enough good, well-organized information for a week or so. Undefined
- Of course he was also a polypharmacist, and the complexity, ingenuity, and comprehensiveness of his prescriptions would put to shame even the "accomplished therapeutist" of these modern days. Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century
- Enriched with diverse culture, sport is a grand culture featured with social comprehensiveness.
- But the marvel of his comprehensiveness is his mode of dealing with the vulgar, the vicious, and the low, -- with persons who are commonly spurned as dolts and knaves. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867
- This precision and comprehensiveness also serves to dispel ambiguity and miscommunication in camp.
- Evaluation of the work's historical quality addresses the comprehensiveness of the research, the development of the argument, and the felicity of the expression.
- MUSCULAR CONTRACTIONS, the effects of the electric bath may be distinguished from those obtained by other modes of faradization by their comprehensiveness. The Electric Bath
- When asked if Google is interested in striking a deal like this with Facebook, Mayer said, "We're interested in comprehensiveness, which is a fundamental element of search. PC World
- The difference between self-penned autobiography and biography is that often, the biography scores for comprehensiveness.
- Since convents were novelties in the Anglican Church, the ecclesiastical officials had not yet developed any means to supervise or to incorporate these women within the comprehensiveness of Anglicanism.