to be exhaustive of a subject

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• exhaustive, exhausting — Exhaustive means thorough, comprehensive, completely consuming : This is an exhaustive study of the subject. Exhausting means using up fully, expending the whole of, exerting to the point of fatigue : Digging trenches is an exhausting task …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• exhaustive — [[t]ɪgzɔ͟ːstɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe a study, search, or list as exhaustive, you mean that it is very thorough and complete. This is by no means an exhaustive list but it gives an indication of the many projects taking place... The… …   English dictionary

• exhaustive — exhaustively, adv. exhaustiveness, n. /ig zaws tiv/, adj. 1. exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases. 2. tending to exhaust or drain, as resources or strength: a protracted,… …   Universalium

• exhaustive — ex•haus•tive [[t]ɪgˈzɔs tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough 2) tending to exhaust or drain, as of resources or strength • Etymology: 1780–90 ex•haus′tive•ly, adv. ex•haus′tive•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

• exhaustive — /əgˈzɔstɪv / (say uhg zawstiv), /ɛg / (say eg ) adjective 1. exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough. 2. tending to exhaust or drain, as of resources or strength. –exhaustively, adverb –exhaustiveness, noun …  

• exhaustive — adj. 1 thorough, comprehensive. 2 tending to exhaust a subject. Derivatives: exhaustively adv. exhaustiveness n …   Useful english dictionary

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• Mutually exclusive events — For the programming algorithms, see Mutual exclusion. In layman s terms, two events are mutually exclusive if they cannot occur at the same time. An example is tossing a coin once, which can result in either heads or tails, but not both. In the… …   Wikipedia

• Church Statistics —     Ecclesiastical Statistics     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ecclesiastical Statistics     In dealing with statistics, both theoretically and practically, it is unimportant whether the men, matters, or actions subject to observation are… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• History of Physics —     History of Physics     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Physics     The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. A Glance at Ancient Physics; II. Science and Early Christian Scholars; III. A Glance at Arabian Physics; IV.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Council of Trent —     Council of Trent     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Council of Trent     The nineteenth ecumenical council opened at Trent on 13 December, 1545, and closed there on 4 December, 1563. Its main object was the definitive determination of the… …   Catholic encyclopedia