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comprehensive

/ˌkɒmprɪˈhensɪv/adjective

उच्चारण कॉम्प्रिहेन्सिव

व्यापक, विस्तृत, सर्वांगीण

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adjective
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    including all, or almost all, the items, details or facts that may be relevant

    व्यापक, विस्तृत, सर्वांगीण

    • a comprehensive guide to English grammar
    • comprehensive insurance
    • The report gives a comprehensive account of the flood damage.
    + 2 more examples
    • The website provides comprehensive information about courses.
    • We took out a comprehensive health policy.

    Synonyms complete thorough exhaustive all-inclusive extensive

    Opposite limited partial incomplete narrow

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

comprehensive + noun

Comprehensive describes a report, a plan, a study or a list that covers all or nearly all parts of a subject.

'Comprehensive' ऐसी रिपोर्ट, योजना, अध्ययन या सूची का वर्णन करता है जो किसी विषय के सभी या लगभग सभी भागों को समेटे।

  • The ministry published a comprehensive report on rural health.
  • Radhika made a comprehensive list of grammar topics.

comprehensive + insurance / coverage

In insurance and law, comprehensive means covering many kinds of loss, not only one.

बीमा और कानून में 'comprehensive' का अर्थ केवल एक नहीं, अनेक प्रकार की हानियों को कवर करना है।

  • He bought comprehensive insurance for his new car.

comprehensive school / examination

In Britain, a comprehensive school takes pupils of all abilities; a comprehensive exam tests the whole course.

ब्रिटेन में comprehensive school सभी क्षमताओं के विद्यार्थियों को लेता है; comprehensive exam पूरे पाठ्यक्रम की परीक्षा लेती है।

  • The final comprehensive examination covers all four semesters.

comprehensive vs comprehension

Comprehensive is an adjective meaning complete; comprehension is a noun meaning understanding, as in a reading comprehension passage.

'Comprehensive' का अर्थ पूर्ण है और यह adjective है; 'comprehension' noun है जिसका अर्थ समझ है, जैसे reading comprehension passage।

  • The paper has a comprehension passage and a comprehensive grammar section.
+Collocations 4

comprehensive + noun

reviewsurveyguidecoverageplan

  • The book is a comprehensive guide to modern Indian history.

adverb + comprehensive

fullytrulyveryremarkablyreasonably

  • The syllabus is truly comprehensive.

comprehensive + policy

insurancepolicyreformbanstrategy

  • The government announced a comprehensive reform of the exam system.

verb + comprehensive

offer acarry out apublish aprepare ademand a

  • The committee carried out a comprehensive study of school drop-outs.
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  • The museum offers a comprehensive account of Indian art through the ages.

संग्रहालय युगों के माध्यम से भारतीय कला का एक व्यापक विवरण प्रस्तुत करता है।

  • Her notes were so comprehensive that her friends borrowed them before the exam.

उसके नोट्स इतने विस्तृत थे कि उसके मित्रों ने परीक्षा से पहले उन्हें उधार लिया।

  • The hospital provides comprehensive care for the elderly.

अस्पताल बुज़ुर्गों को व्यापक देखभाल प्रदान करता है।

  • A comprehensive search of the building found nothing.

इमारत की पूरी तलाशी में कुछ नहीं मिला।

  • The company has a comprehensive training programme for new employees.

कंपनी के पास नए कर्मचारियों के लिए एक व्यापक प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रम है।

!Common mistakes 3

✗ She has good comprehensive of English.

✓ She has good comprehension of English.

Comprehensive is an adjective; the noun meaning understanding is comprehension.

'Comprehensive' adjective है; समझ के अर्थ का noun 'comprehension' है।

✗ The guide gives a comprehensive information about the city.

✓ The guide gives comprehensive information about the city.

Information is uncountable and cannot take a.

'Information' uncountable है और 'a' नहीं लेता।

✗ I find English comprehensive passages difficult.

✓ I find English comprehension passages difficult.

The passage used to test understanding is a comprehension passage.

समझ की जाँच वाला अनुच्छेद 'comprehension passage' कहलाता है।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Comprehensive, thorough and complete all suggest nothing is left out, but each stresses something different.

Comprehensive, thorough और complete तीनों संकेत देते हैं कि कुछ छूटा नहीं, पर हर एक का बल अलग है।

comprehensive

Covering a wide range of items or parts.

वस्तुओं या भागों की विस्तृत श्रेणी को समेटने वाला।

  • The guide gives comprehensive information.

thorough

Done with great care, paying attention to every detail.

बहुत सावधानी से, हर विवरण पर ध्यान देते हुए किया गया।

  • The doctor made a thorough check-up.

complete

Having all parts; nothing missing.

सभी भागों वाला; कुछ भी कम नहीं।

  • We have a complete set of the books.
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comprehension nouncomprehend verbcomprehensively adv.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
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com·pre·hen·sive

With -hensive (not 'comprehencive' or 'comprihensive').

अंत में -hensive ('comprehencive' या 'comprihensive' गलत है)।

?Which word?

comprehensive or comprehensible?

Comprehensive means complete, covering everything: 'a comprehensive report'. Comprehensible means able to be understood: 'The instructions are barely comprehensible.' Comprehension is understanding, and also the reading passage in an exam. A comprehensive guide covers all topics; a comprehensible guide is easy to follow.

Comprehensive का अर्थ 'पूर्ण, हर चीज़ को समेटने वाला' है: 'a comprehensive report'। Comprehensible का अर्थ 'समझने योग्य' है: 'The instructions are barely comprehensible'। Comprehension समझ है, और परीक्षा का पठन-अनुच्छेद भी। Comprehensive guide सभी विषय समेटती है; comprehensible guide आसानी से समझ आती है।

The comprehensive/comprehensible pair is a sentence-improvement item.

Comprehensive और comprehensible की जोड़ी sentence improvement में आती है।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

A comprehensive review, comprehensive coverage, comprehensive school (a British state secondary school for all abilities).

Collocations: a comprehensive review, comprehensive coverage, comprehensive school (सभी क्षमताओं के लिए British सरकारी माध्यमिक स्कूल)।