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Spell Bee Word: comprehensive


Basic Details

Word: Comprehensive

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Covering everything, or almost everything, that needs to be included. A comprehensive guide leaves out very little.

Synonyms: complete, thorough, full

Antonyms: partial, limited

How to Spell Comprehensive

Syllables: com - pre - hen - sive

Tricky part: The second beat is pre, though it often sounds like pri. The ending is sive, with an s, not cive.

Watch out for: comprihensive, comprehencive, comprehensiv

Memory tip: Start from comprehend, which you know from reading tests. Swap the final d for s and add ive: comprehend, comprehensive.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The teacher gave us a comprehensive list of topics for the final exam.

Example 2: This atlas has comprehensive maps of every Indian state.

Example 3: After the fall, the doctor ordered a comprehensive check-up.

Fun Fact

In Britain, a comprehensive school is a state school that takes children of all abilities without an entrance test.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

comprehensive

a) thorough
b) brief
c) narrow
d) partial

Show answer

a) thorough. A thorough report, like a comprehensive one, covers every part; the other three mean only some.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

hencomvsiepre

a) comprehensive
b) apprehensive
c) comprehensible
d) comprehension

Show answer

a) comprehensive. There are three e's and a v and no a, which only comprehensive uses.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

compr_hen_ive

a) a, s
b) e, c
c) i, s
d) e, s

Show answer

d) e, s. It is pre in the middle and sive at the end.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A comprehensive answer is one that ____.

a) covers all the main points
b) is left blank
c) is only one line long
d) is written in pencil

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a) covers all the main points

2. Which of these is most likely to be comprehensive?

a) a sticky note
b) a shopping slip
c) a full encyclopaedia
d) a bus ticket

Show answer

c) a full encyclopaedia

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