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   Com·pre·hen·sive

   /ˌkämprəˈhensiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. complete; including 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 automobile insurance) providing coverage for most risks, including damage to the policyholder's own vehicle: "comprehensive and collision insurance"
   • ▪ an examination testing a student's command of a special field of knowledge. US
   • 2. relating to understanding. archaic

   noun

   • 1. a secondary school catering to children of all abilities from a given area: 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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