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Meaning of Comprehensiveness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
kɑmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪvnəs

Definitions

The state of being comprehensive.

uncountable

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Examples

“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.”
“But granting that our ignorance of the extent of Nature's powers may in some respects be incurable, still the question concerning the truth of our knowledge bears with far heavier stress upon its validity, than upon its adequacy or comprehensiveness.”
“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.”
“It was this comprehensiveness which made the art so compelling.”
“The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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