transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒmprɪhensɪv ]
( comprehensives)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
The Rough Guide to Nepal is a comprehensive guide to the region.
= complete
≠ partial
ADJ
2.
In Britain, a comprehensive is a state school in which children of all abilities are taught together.
...Birmingham’s inner-city comprehensives...
She taught French at Cheam Comprehensive in South London.
N-COUNT ; N-IN-NAMES
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Comprehensive is also an adjective.
He left comprehensive school at the age of 16.
ADJ : ADJ n