comprehensiveness.

Coverage of the relevant range of matters in substantial breadth and detail.

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Words that belong together

• comprehensiveness of a review
• comprehensiveness of coverage

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The comprehensiveness of the review depended on its stated scope and search criteria.

Comprehensiveness of coverage did not establish that every included claim was equally reliable.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, institutional analysis, scope assessment, comparison. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, conceptual explanation. Commonness: moderately common.