a UK school for students of different levels of ability between the ages of 11 and 18. A comprehensive school is often simply called a comprehensive.
Synonyms and related words
Schools
academy
approved school
boarding school
See alsogrammar school
comprehensive school
noun countable
US
Word Forms
singular
comprehensive school
plural
comprehensive schools
DEFINITIONS1
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a U.K. school for students of different levels of ability between the ages of 11 and 18. A comprehensive school is often simply called a comprehensive.