PREHENSIVE | • prehensive adj. (Philosophy) Of or relating to Alfred North Whitehead’s concept of prehension. • PREHENSIVE adj. prehensile, related to grasping, also PREHENSILE, PREHENSORIAL, PREHENSORY. |
APPREHENSIVE | • apprehensive adj. Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt. • apprehensive adj. (Obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one’s intellect. • APPREHENSIVE adj. fearful. |
REPREHENSIVE | • reprehensive adj. Containing reprehension or reproof. • REPREHENSIVE adj. serving to reprehend. |
COMPREHENSIVE | • comprehensive adj. Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something. • comprehensive n. (Britain) A comprehensive school. • COMPREHENSIVE adj. covering completely or broadly. |
APPREHENSIVELY | • apprehensively adv. In an apprehensive manner; with apprehension. • APPREHENSIVE adv. fearful. |
COMPREHENSIVES | • comprehensives n. Plural of comprehensive. • COMPREHENSIVE n. a comprehensive school. |
INAPPREHENSIVE | • inapprehensive adj. Not apprehensive; regardless; unconcerned. • INAPPREHENSIVE adj. not apprehensive. |
REPREHENSIVELY | • reprehensively adv. In a reprehensive manner. • REPREHENSIVE adv. serving to reprehend. |
UNAPPREHENSIVE | • unapprehensive adj. Not apprehending. • UNAPPREHENSIVE adj. not apprehensive. |
COMPREHENSIVELY | • comprehensively adv. In a comprehensive manner; in an all-inclusive or wide-ranging fashion. • COMPREHENSIVE adv. covering completely or broadly. |
COMPREHENSIVISE | • comprehensivise v. Alternative form of comprehensivize. • COMPREHENSIVISE v. to make comprehensive, also COMPREHENSIVIZE. |
COMPREHENSIVIZE | • comprehensivize v. (UK, education) To adapt the education system to be based on comprehensive schools. • COMPREHENSIVIZE v. to make comprehensive, also COMPREHENSIVISE. |
INCOMPREHENSIVE | • incomprehensive adj. Not comprehensive; shallow, incomplete. • incomprehensive adj. Uncomprehending. • INCOMPREHENSIVE adj. not comprehensive. |
MISAPPREHENSIVE | • misapprehensive adj. Of or pertaining to misapprehension. • MISAPPREHENSIVE adj. having the nature of a misapprehension. |
UNCOMPREHENSIVE | • uncomprehensive adj. (Archaic) Unable to comprehend. • uncomprehensive adj. (Obsolete) incomprehensible. • UNCOMPREHENSIVE adj. not comprehensive. |