comprehensive
noun/ˌkɒmprɪˈhensɪv/
/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhensɪv/
(also comprehensive school)
(also informal comp)
- (in the UK) a secondary school for young people of all levels of abilityTopics Educationc2Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French compréhensif, -ive, from late Latin comprehensivus, from the verb comprehendere ‘grasp mentally’.
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