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comprehensive school

comprehensive school

noun

  1. a secondary school for children of all abilities from the same district
  2. another name for composite school
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of comprehensive school1

First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences

She will persevere in this course till it secures her a comprehensive school system and an admirable university.

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