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comprehensive examination
Variant of comprehensive
adjective
- dealing with all or many of the relevant details; including much; inclusive: a comprehensive survey
- able to comprehend fully: a comprehensive mind
- of or designating property insurance that covers a number of risks in the same policy
noun
an examination in a major field of study that a graduate, or sometimes undergraduate, student must pass to receive a degree
in full comprehensive examination
Related Forms:
- comprehensively adverb
- comprehensiveness noun
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