noun
a large British or Canadian secondary school for children of all abilities
• Syn: ↑comprehensive school
• Hypernyms: ↑secondary school, ↑lyceum, ↑lycee, ↑Gymnasium, ↑middle school
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(in Canada) a secondary school offering academic, commercial, and industrial subjects. Also called comprehensive school.
[1940-45]
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composite school noun (Can)
A school offering both academic and non- academic courses
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Main Entry: ↑composite
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composite school, (in Canada)
= comprehensive school. (Cf. ↑comprehensive school)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.