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comprehensives

comprehensives is the plural of comprehensive.

Meaning of comprehensive

Noun

comprehensive (plural comprehensives)

  1. (UK) A comprehensive school.
    • 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.2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30

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Questions about comprehensives

What is comprehensives the plural of?
Comprehensives is the plural of comprehensive.

Words near comprehensives in the dictionary

  1. comprehensive insurances
  2. comprehensive school
  3. comprehensive schools
  4. comprehensively
  5. comprehensiveness
  6. comprehensives
  7. comprehensivisation
  8. comprehensivise
  9. comprehensivised
  10. comprehensivises
  11. comprehensivising

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