comprehensive
adjective
[ kɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪv ]
• including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something.
• "a comprehensive list of sources"
• relating to or denoting a system of secondary education in which children of all abilities from a particular area are educated in one school.
• "a comprehensive school"
• relating to understanding.
comprehensive
noun
• a comprehensive school.
• "he trained as an accountant after leaving the local comprehensive"
Origin:
early 17th century: from French compréhensif, -ive, from late Latin comprehensivus, from the verb comprehendere ‘grasp mentally’.
