comprehensive school
Americannoun
noun
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a secondary school for children of all abilities from the same district
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another name for composite school
Etymology
Origin of comprehensive school
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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Reynolds attended a comprehensive school and Manchester University before embarking on a legal career, although he never completed his solicitor training.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2025
One school was a mixed grammar school in a predominantly white, middle-class rural area and another was a mixed comprehensive school in a predominantly white, working-class urban area.
From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024
Carvalho has yet to present his comprehensive school safety plan.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2023
“To have comprehensive school security with 100% weapons detection essentially requires a TSA-style agency that would cost hundreds of billions of dollars to implement across the country. And that’s not viable.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023
To Holland we owe the idea of a declaration of independence, of a written constitution, of religious toleration, and of a comprehensive school system supported by taxation.
From Early European History by Webster, Hutton
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