In a sentence
Six example sentences with comprehensive, each labelled with its topic.
The clinic ordered a comprehensive workup, checking blood, hearing, vision, and gait rather than treating only the ankle he mentioned.
Medicine
Their comprehensive audit covered every server, laptop, and printer on the campus, leaving no device unlisted when the report went out.
Technology
A comprehensive edition of her letters runs to nine volumes and includes even the grocery notes she left for her housekeeper.
Literature
The scouts assembled a comprehensive report on the point guard, charting every shot she took over two full seasons.
Basketball
The guidebook is comprehensive to a fault, listing every bakery in the town down to the one that opens only on Thursdays.
Travel
A comprehensive review of the portfolio turned up four funds charging fees for holding the very same shares.
Finance
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Found in 9 published word lists
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)Authoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- PrepScholar 357 GRE WordsRecognized
- SparkNotes 1000 SAT WordsRecognized
Each source is a published word list that contains comprehensive. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.