comprehensiveness

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comprehensiveness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Comprehensiveness \Com`pre*hen"sive*ness\, n.
     The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on
           ancient coins.                           --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]

comprehensiveness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  comprehensiveness
      n 1: completeness over a broad scope [syn: comprehensiveness,
           fullness]
      2: the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a
         teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a
         man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views"
         [syn: breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness]