comprehensive
Including all or nearly all elements, aspects, or details; thorough and complete.
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IELTS use
Describe thorough studies, policies, or solutions in essays and reading.
Examples
- The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the education system.
- A comprehensive approach is needed to tackle homelessness.
Collocations
- comprehensive review
- A comprehensive review of the literature was conducted.
- comprehensive plan
- The government introduced a comprehensive plan for waste management.
Word family
- Noun
- comprehensiveness
- Adjective
- comprehensive
- Adverb
- comprehensively
Paraphrases
- thorough: Similar meaning, slightly less formal.
- all-encompassing: Emphasises covering everything.
Common mistakes
- The article is very comprehensive, it covers every detail. to The article is comprehensive because it covers every detail.. Avoid comma splices; use a conjunction or separate sentences.
- We need a comprehensive solution for fast. to We need a comprehensive solution quickly.. 'For fast' is not grammatical; use 'quickly' or 'as soon as possible'.