comprehensives
USkom-pruh-HEN-sivz/ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪvz/UKkom-pri-HEN-sivz/ˌkɒm.pɹɪˈhɛn.sɪvz/
- 1Plural of comprehensive. In the UK, these are state schools that take children of all abilities.
Most kids in our town go to the nearby comprehensives.
My sister teaches art at one of the comprehensives across town.
Note
comprehensives is a form of comprehensive
comprehensive, noun: A government-funded school in Britain that takes in students of all abilities. Full entry
- Forms
- comprehensivecomprehensives plural
- Spelling
- comprehensive → comprehensives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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