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comprehensiveness Definition


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comprehensive
adj
    1. Covering or including a large area or scope.
      Thesaurus: inclusive, thorough, extensive, exhaustive, complete, broad, encyclopedic; Antonym: selective.
    2. Said of a school or education: providing teaching for pupils of all abilities aged between 11 and 18.
noun
    1. A comprehensive school.
Derivative: comprehensiveness
noun
    Etymology: 17c: from Latin comprehensivus.



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