comprehensive knowledge

collocation in English

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comprehensive
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv/us
/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.sɪv/
complete and including everything that ...
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knowledge
noun
uk
/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by ...
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(Definition ofcomprehensiveandknowledgefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomprehensive knowledge

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Thus, acomprehensiveknowledgeof temperature effects on dormancy and germination rate is essential to understand the functioning of seed banks.
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To treat them appropriately and ensure equity in access to health care, acomprehensiveknowledgebase is necessary.
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Theircomprehensiveknowledgeof the field has resulted in a book that is, unfortunately, encyclopedic rather than synthetic.
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If we are to understand the myths and the processes by which they emerged, acomprehensiveknowledgeof 'names and details ' is essential.
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A morecomprehensiveknowledgeof leakage may not only lead to improvement of the conductivity test for maize kernels, but may be of value for other species as well.
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Hence, the domain knowledge is limited tocomprehensiveknowledgefor only a few manufacturing methods.
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The middle east development division was dismantled, despite the fact that it was the only body that hadcomprehensiveknowledgeof arid and semi-arid areas.
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Many of us are somewhat in awe of hiscomprehensiveknowledgeof these matters, which, when coupled with his eloquence, makes him a formidable advocate.
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Withoutcomprehensiveknowledgeof the person's circumstances which would govern their entitlement to rebate, it is not possible to say.
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A police officer really will have to have a mostcomprehensiveknowledgeof the law in order to find out whether the offence is arrestable.
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I think that as these two organisations develop we shall get acomprehensiveknowledgeof the craftsmen throughout the country.
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It is only the regional authorities that will have thecomprehensiveknowledgeof all that is available within the regional boundaries.
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I do not havecomprehensiveknowledgeabout the range and effectiveness of secondary picketing.
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In fact, hiscomprehensiveknowledgeof figures has been my undoing before now.
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No boy should finish his apprenticeship in the building industry without having a reallycomprehensiveknowledgeof such subjects as practical mathematics.
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Few other law firms can claim such acomprehensiveknowledgeof the principles and the operation of the scheme.
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There is about railways nothing to prevent any person of average intelligence from acquiringcomprehensiveknowledge.
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It is based upon a fairlycomprehensiveknowledgeof the problem, and especially of what is needed when people come ashore.
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