COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comprehensive examination mean? 

• COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION (noun)
  The noun COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION has 1 sense:

1. an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge

  Familiarity information: COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

comp; comprehensive; comprehensive examination

Context example:

she took her comps in English literature

Hypernyms ("comprehensive examination" is a kind of...):

exam; examination; test (a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge)

 Context examples 

This study is the first comprehensive examination of brain structure changes in preschoolers with signs of ADHD, a disorder marked by a pattern of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior.

(Atypical brain development observed in preschoolers with ADHD symptoms, National Institutes of Health)