Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for comprehensive. Search instead for comprehensiven.
Definitions
Trivia Time
In Britain, a comprehensive school is what type of institution?

comprehensive

[kom-pri-hen-siv] / ˌkɒm prɪˈhɛn sɪv /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

A major milestone came in 2022, when the team published a comprehensive symmetry classification of altermagnetism and identified hundreds of materials that could potentially exhibit it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

“ETS maintains a comprehensive information security program that is regularly assessed by third parties,” said Christine Betaneli.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

They scored seven tries before the break and 13 in total on their way to a comprehensive 70-6 victory in Perth in their Group A opener.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Japanese businesses have urged the government to come up with a comprehensive policy to support foreign residents.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The work was delicate and exhausting, and had to be suspended for a time to permit Michelson a brief but comprehensive nervous breakdown, but by 1887 they had their results.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Look, CSU and all regional comprehensives in this country have a budget problem.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

We were lucky enough to have a school field and a handful of concrete tennis and netball courts – riches beyond the dreams of most city comprehensives.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020

From BASIS’s first year in 1996-1997, students who failed the comprehensives had to retake them.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2019

Among those in the UK in the Sunday Times Rich List, there were 34% from independent schools compared with 12% from comprehensives.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2019

The critics had the better of the argument in the 1960s and 70s, when most grammar schools were converted to non-selective comprehensives.

From Economist ● Aug. 13, 2015


Vocabulary lists containing comprehensive

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training