Hypertext Webster Gateway: "comprehensiveness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Comprehensiveness \Com`pre*hen"sive*ness\, n.
The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.

Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on
ancient coins. --Addison.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

comprehensiveness
n 1: completeness over a broad scope [syn: {fullness}]
2: an ability to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher
must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject" [syn: {breadth}]


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