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   comprehensive

   /ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something: "a comprehensive list of sources"
   • ▪ of large content or scope; wide-ranging: "a comprehensive collection of photographs"
   • ▪ (of a victory or defeat) achieved or suffered by a large margin: "a comprehensive victory for Swansea"
   • ▪ (of motor-vehicle insurance) providing cover for most risks, including damage to the policyholder's own vehicle.
   • 2. relating to or denoting a system of secondary education in which children of all abilities from a particular area are educated in one school: British "a comprehensive school"
   • 3. relating to understanding. archaic

   noun

   • 1. a comprehensive school: British "he trained as an accountant after leaving the local comprehensive"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French compréhensif, -ive, from late Latin comprehensivus, from the verb comprehendere ‘grasp mentally’.

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