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  1. 1. a. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. including all or everything Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. broad in scope Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view. A very comprehensive definition. Bentley. Large and comprehensive idea. Channing. 2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. "His comprehensive head." Pope. 3. (Zoöl.) Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups. Note: The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agssiz, is nearly synonymous. Syn. -- Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious. Source: webster
  8. 8. Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of severaldiverse groups. Source: adambom
  9. 9. j:99/n:1 a. including all or everything s. broad in scope Source: ecdict

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