comprehensive explanation

collocation in English

meaningsofcomprehensiveandexplanation

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comprehensive
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv/us
/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.sɪv/
complete and including everything that ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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(Definition ofcomprehensiveandexplanationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This observation calls for acomprehensiveexplanationand invites a detailed consideration of linguistic and extralinguistic environments that might trigger the speakers' linguistic behavior.
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Seeing change as a consequence of ' the times ' provides acomprehensiveexplanationand is similar to viewing reality as a process of constant flux.
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Perceptual salience is therefore unlikely to provide acomprehensiveexplanationfor the selective effects of negative evidence.
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Neorealism, he says, fails to offer acomprehensiveexplanationof the political dynamics of the region; therefore, other perspectives must be taken into account.
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Acomprehensiveexplanationof support for democracy (in this case up to 17 per cent of variance) clearly requires reference to a range of political, economic and other factors.
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However, models of mental disorder should not be restricted solely to biology and both psychological social factors should be integrated within anycomprehensiveexplanationof seasonal affective disorder.
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Because he gave such an excellent andcomprehensiveexplanation, there is very little left to say.
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It is probably the most difficult point raised and perhaps the one which deserves the mostcomprehensiveexplanation.
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I am grateful to my noble friend for hiscomprehensiveexplanationin rebuttal to the amendment.
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I think it was a fine andcomprehensiveexplanationof the work that had been accomplished, and an outline of a future programme.
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I hope that we will be given a morecomprehensiveexplanationtonight.
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On these occasions one always wonders what is left to be said after acomprehensiveexplanationsuch as we have just had.
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I hoped for a morecomprehensiveexplanation.
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He gave a clear andcomprehensiveexplanation.
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The book's authors intended to provide a current andcomprehensiveexplanationof evolution and its importance in the science classroom.
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The theory was formed as acomprehensiveexplanationof the way people interpret the basis of behaviors in human interactions.
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It refers to acomprehensiveexplanationof some aspect of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence.
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The circular includes acomprehensiveexplanationof aerodynamic effects of, and operations near coffin corner.
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This can lead to a lesscomprehensiveexplanationof why people exercise their autonomy by choosing to act in particular ways.
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It should contain acomprehensiveexplanationof the reasons for the company's current financial difficulties and, where applicable, the measures the directors have taken to remedy the situation.
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