comprehensive schoolnoun [ C ]
uk/kɒm.prɪˈhen.sɪv ˌskuːl/us/kɑːm.prɪˈhen.sɪv ˌskuːl/also comprehensive UKa school in the UK for children above the age of eleven of all abilities:
the local comprehensive
a comprehensive education
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Types of school
- alma mater
- business school
- charter school
- coed
- coeducational
- college
- convent school
- faith school
- fee-paying
- finishing school
- free school
- graduate school
- grant-maintained school
- high school
- independent school
- infant
- junior school
- military academy
- parochial school
- single-sex
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