The Meaning of COMPREHENSIVE in a Sentence

By combining pictures with sentence examples, it will be easy to remember the meaning of COMPREHENSIVE and how to use it naturally in various contexts.

This video provides 3 illustrated examples. Take a moment to look at the picture, then listen and read the sentence example. Then make sure you understand the sentence. Look up in a dictionary any other words you do not understand.

At the end of the video, common collocations are listed in which the word COMPREHENSIVE is often found. You will also find a list of common synonyms.

Here is a transcript of the video: “The Definition of COMPREHENSIVE”

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The word COMPREHENSIVE is an adjective.
It is pronounced: com◦pree◦HEN◦siv

Definition:
large in scope, including all or nearly all elements or aspects

The clipart shows four hands putting the pieces of a jigsaw together, so all pieces are included.

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Let’s consider 3 illustrated sentence examples for the word COMPREHENSIVE. Then later in the video we will learn a number of synonyms, and finally a group of common collocations. This section will really help your English fluency.

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The picture shows a car which has been badly damaged by a fallen tree.

Sentence example: Thankfully the driver had comprehensive insurance.*

Footnote: An insurance policy that covers certain damages to your vehicle that are not caused by a collision with another car

In other words, comprehensive insurance includes all kinds of damage in its policy

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We see a picture of the front cover of a biography of Andy Warhol.

Sentence example: Blake Gopnik, one of North America’s leading arts writers, is the author of Warhol, a comprehensive biography of Andy Warhol, the influential Pop artist.

So this comprehensive biography includes a wide range of details about Andy Warhol’s life.

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Thirdly, we see a caricature by DonkeyHotey of American politician, Liz Cheney.

Sentence example: Liz Cheney, an American attorney and politician, helped lead a comprehensive investigation into the Capitol Riots of January 6, 2021.

So this investigation was very thorough, including many elements.

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COMPREHENSIVE: large in scope, including all or nearly all elements or aspects

Synonyms include:
all-inclusive
exhaustive
broad
complete
far-reaching
sweeping

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Common collocations include:

comprehensive look (at something)
comprehensive study
comprehensive coverage
comprehensive survey
comprehensive knowledge
comprehensive data
comprehensive agreement

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Now you understand clearly the meaning of COMPREHENSIVE, and having seen COMPREHENSIVE in a sentence, check other words in The Illustrated Dictionary such as:
The Meaning of EXTENSIVE – EXTENSIVE in a Sentence

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