comprehensive collection
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcomprehensiveandcollection
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comprehensive
adjective
uk/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv/us/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.sɪv/
complete and including everything that ...
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collection
noun
uk/kəˈlek.ʃən/us/kəˈlek.ʃən/
a group of objects of one type that have been collected by one person or in ...
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There is a rathercomprehensivecollectionof the conditions of confinement, spherical implosion, ignition burn, and gain.
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Some of them are represented here in this excellentcomprehensivecollectionof writings about the politics and aesthetics of improvisation.
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Being a compilation of research papers, the book contains acomprehensivecollectionof references.
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This volume without doubt represents the mostcomprehensivecollectionassembled to date of material linking law and geography.
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This volume is acomprehensivecollectionof papers from those working on various aspects of canine genetics and breeding.
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Based around the study of the central issues of the philosophy of religion, this volume contains acomprehensivecollectionof classic texts and contemporary articles.
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Due to itscomprehensivecollectionof material about constraint programming, it is likely that this book will be a standard reference for this field.
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Thus, this is not acomprehensivecollectionbut an example.
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Jerichow could have articulated a thesis, then provided a morecomprehensivecollectionof documents and sources that substantiate his point.
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The whole quality of our collection would be gravely damaged in that we should not have acomprehensivecollectionof the film art.
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He seemed to say that acomprehensivecollectionexists, while resisting replacing "may"with"shall" on the basis that an extensive reference collection would cost too much money.
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Suchcomprehensivecollectionand systematic analysis are essential for effective intervention and prevention, as indeed is the opportunity for practitioners to support and learn from each other.
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The report makes it clear that the committee was provided with all the papers relevant to its terms of reference, including acomprehensivecollectionof reports from the intelligence agencies.
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Today, we have a mostcomprehensivecollection.
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This museum has the mostcomprehensivecollectionof wildfowl carvings in the world, ranging from art sculptures to working decoys used by hunters.
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Thiscomprehensivecollectionpreserves the daily life and ceremonial protocols of the imperial era.
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The work is considered perhaps the mostcomprehensivecollectionof knowledge to be compiled by a single individual in the early modern period.
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The authors in thiscomprehensivecollectionexamine the ways in which identities are negotiated in diverse multilingual settings.
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He subsequently formed acomprehensivecollectionof specimen stamps at a time when few other collectors were interested in them.
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With about 1,500 different species and almost 20,500 animals the zoo presents the mostcomprehensivecollectionof species in the world.
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