definitions

comprehensive school

noun

composite school.

RELATED CONTENT

What Does 🏫 School Emoji Mean?The school emoji depicts a building with windows and usually two or more floors. There is a clock tower in the center, and Microsoft and Google's buildings are in bright primary colors.
READ MORE
11 Back To School Quotes To Kick-Start The YearYou learn so much more than just facts and figures in school. These quotes show the importance of education outside of studying and tests.
READ MORE

Nearby words

comprehend, comprehendible, comprehensible, comprehension, comprehensive, comprehensive school, comprehensively, compress, compressed, compressed air, compressed speech

Origin of comprehensive school

First recorded in 1945–50
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for comprehensive school

comprehensive school

noun

mainly British a secondary school for children of all abilities from the same district
Eastern Canadian 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