how to pronounce comprehensive

/ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv/

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comprehensive is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of comprehensive in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… early days was a comprehensive file that …”

meaning of comprehensive

Comprehensive means including or including everything.

comprehensive frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word comprehensive occurs in english on average 36.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics comprehensive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that comprehensive can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;