COMPREHENSIVE

(school) [noun] [C] UK - a school in Britain for children above the age of eleven in which children of all abilities are taughtLucy goes to the local comprehensive.I had a comprehensive (school) education. compress (PRESS) [verb] [T] - to press (something) into a smaller spaceFirmly compress the soil in the pot so that the plant is secure.To compress (information, a piece of writing, etc.) is to make it shorter.The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months.I managed to compress ten pages of notes into four paragraphs.Compressed air is air which is at a pressure which is greater than atmospheric pressure.