comprehensive description

collocation in English

meaningsofcomprehensiveanddescription

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withdescription.
comprehensive
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv/
us
/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.sɪv/
complete and including everything that ...
See more atcomprehensive
description
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
us
/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
See more atdescription

(Definition ofcomprehensiveanddescriptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomprehensive description

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
However, when considered with the qualitative data, it combines to present acomprehensivedescriptionof therapists, and their backgrounds.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Despite their purported similarity, they clearly form distinct classes and are independently needed in acomprehensivedescriptionof the language.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Aftercomprehensivedescriptionof the study, written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The following three chapters provide acomprehensivedescriptionof the community, its members, and the sociopolitical forces that affect the community's language choices.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The present paper focuses on the analysis of body-scale flows with closed wake which, together with the opcn-wake solutions, provide a morecomprehensivedescriptionof the admissible steady-state, body-scale flows.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Inevitably, the treatment is uneven, partly because not all groups are equally well-known, and partly because space would not permit acomprehensivedescriptionof the lower plants and invertebrate animals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This comparative review is followed by acomprehensivedescriptionof the new lines of research that emanate from the latest efforts inside the spatio-temporal research community.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Chap. 5 presents acomprehensivedescriptionof these books, outlining their informational contents and technical specifics of production.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Pervasive participation in a society of the wholesale denial of certain members' rights could be one term or condition set down for acomprehensivedescriptionof validly placed collective guilt.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It begins with acomprehensivedescriptionof racial attacks and counter-attacks during this period, before moving on to an analysis of their nature as well as of the parties involved.
From theCambridge English Corpus
By determining two parameters, acomprehensivedescriptionof parasite infections is achieved, with k representing how thinly or densely infected hosts are distributed and d the intensity of infection.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is, however, the intention that it should provide a morecomprehensivedescriptionof the facilities and it will, therefore, be classified.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It includes acomprehensivedescriptionof their roles and responsibilities, which are complementary to the role of career civil servants.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They are not intended as acomprehensivedescriptionof what constitutes a political party.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is acomprehensivedescriptionby two local authorities of the way in which the audit could be carried out practically.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In fact, a detailedcomprehensivedescriptionof the kind of projects which have been supported is not available.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is a verycomprehensivedescription.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Acomprehensivedescriptionof the work in this period is given in.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Each monster was listed alphabetically with acomprehensivedescriptionand full statistics and was, in many cases, supported by an illustration.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofcomprehensive
Go to the definition ofdescription
See other collocations withdescription