comprehensive

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪv

Definitions

A comprehensive school.

Equivalents

Españolabarcador abarcativo completocomprensivo englobante exhaustivo

Françaiscomplet compréhensive exhaustif

Deutschumfangreich umfassend

24 more languages

العربيةشامل شَامِلَة

Българскиподробен схватлив

Češtinakomplexní obsáhlý zevrubný

Danskomfattende

Esperantoampleksa kompleksa

Suomikattava laaja

हिन्दीविस्तृत व्यापक

Bahasa Indonesiakomprehensif

Italianocomplessivo completo esaustivo

日本語包括的な総括

ქართულისრული

한국어다방면적 전방위 포괄적인

Kurdîşamil

Nederlandsalomvattend diepgaand omvattenduitgebreid

Polskikompleksowy obszerny wszechstronny

Portuguêsabrangente

Românăcuprinzător

Русскийвсеобъемлющий всеохватный всестороннийисчерпывающий полный

Slovenčinaobsiahly vyčerpávajúci

Svenskaomfattande

Türkçekapsamlı Şamil şümullü

Українськавичерпний всебі́чний всеося́жнийповний

Examples

“Imagine ⟳ a country where children do nothing but play ⟳ until they start ⟳ compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend ⟳ comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

comprehensive distancing comprehensive school Comprehensively Comprehensiveness comprehensivity comprehensivization

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