1 including all, or almost all, the items, details, facts, information, etc., that may be concerned:
a comprehensive list of addresses * a comprehensive report / study / survey * comprehensive insurance (= covering all risks)
2 (BrE) (of education) designed for students of all abilities in the same school
comprehensiveness noun [U]
noun (also comprehensive school) (in Britain) a secondary school for young people of all levels of ability
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