ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Comprehensiveness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /kɑmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪvnəs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Comprehensiveness is a noun meaning The state of being comprehensive.

Meaning

The state of being comprehensive.

Example Sentences

It was this comprehensiveness which made the art so compelling.
The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
He was bent on prosecuting without delay his schemes of conquest in other quarters — schemes of a grandeur and a comprehensiveness unknown to any previous monarch.
A word or two is needed concerning the comprehensiveness of this book. Annuals have not been included, as their dates depend altogether upon the time when their seed is sown.

Synonyms for comprehensiveness

Depending on context, synonyms include breadth, fullness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include breadth, fullness, completeness, totality, entirety, entire.

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