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COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does comprehensive school mean?
• COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL (noun)
The noun COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL has 1 sense:
1. a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
Familiarity information: COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
composite school; comprehensive school
Hypernyms ("comprehensive school" is a kind of...):
Gymnasium; lycee; lyceum; middle school; secondary school (a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12)
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