adj. & n.
--adj.
1. complete; including all or nearly all elements, aspects, etc. (a comprehensive grasp of the subject).
2 of or relating to understanding (the comprehensive faculty).
3 (of motor-vehicle insurance) providing complete protection.
--n. (in full comprehensive school) Brit. a secondary school catering for children of all abilities from a given area.
Derivatives:
comprehensively adv. comprehensiveness n.
Etymology: F compr{eacute}hensif -ive or LL comprehensivus (as COMPREHENSIBLE)