Background for comp

comp

/kɒmp/

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Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.

Examples :

"The client approved the advertising agency's comp, so they could proceed with the final production. "

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Clipping of comprehensive examination.

Examples :

"Maria is studying hard for her comp next week, as it covers all the material from the past two years. "

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Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.

Examples :

""I got a comp for the concert because my sister works at the venue." "

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To accompany, in music.

Examples :

"The pianist will comp the singer during the talent show. "

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To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.

Examples :

"The graphic designer will comp several layouts for the website before presenting the final design to the client. "

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To provide someone with (a complimentary item, such as a ticket).

Examples :

"The restaurant manager decided to comp our dessert because the service was slow. "

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To provide a complimentary item, such as a ticket to (someone).

Examples :

"The restaurant manager decided to comp our dessert because the service was slow. "

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(in bibliographies) Abbreviation of compiled.

Examples :

"The bibliography entry lists "Comp. by Emily Carter" to show she compiled the data. "

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Something suitable for comparison.

Examples :

"The realtor provided several house listings as comps to help us determine a fair price for our home. "

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(grammar) A construction showing a relative quality, in English usually formed by adding more or appending -er. For example, the comparative of green is greener; of evil, more evil.

Examples :

""Better" is a simple comp of "good," formed without adding "more" or "-er." "

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(grammar) A word in the comparative form.

Examples :

"In the sentence "Shorter is the comp of short," we see "shorter" used as an example of a word in its comparative form. "

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(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.

Examples :

"To decide which new phone plan was best, Maria reviewed the comps of different providers, looking at their monthly data limits and calling features. "

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An equal; a rival; a compeer.

Examples :

""In the spelling bee, Sarah considered Maria her only real comp because Maria always spelled difficult words correctly too." "

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One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.

Examples :

""My brother, the family comp, always finds a clever way to compare my cooking to Mom's, usually with a teasing joke." "

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Examples :

"The teacher asked the students to write a comp of the two novels, focusing on their main characters and themes. "

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An instruction or command that compares two values.

Examples :

"The assembly code included a `comp` to check if the user's input matched the expected password. "

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Illustration by comparison; simile.

Examples :

"The teacher used a comp between a cell and a factory to help the students understand the different parts. "

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The act or principle of compensating.

Examples :

"The comp for the damaged school equipment was a new set of science labs. "

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Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.

Examples :

"Because Sarah worked extra hours last week, she received a day off as comp. "

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The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.

Examples :

"The accountant proposed a comp to settle the outstanding balance between the two departments. "

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A recompense or reward for service.

Examples :

"Her end-of-year bonus was a generous comp for all her hard work. "

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An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.

Examples :

"The real estate contract included a comp for any inaccuracies in the property's size description. "

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The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.

Examples :

"The heating system's comp ensures the classroom stays at the desired temperature, regardless of the outside cold. "

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The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).

Examples :

"After the stroke affected her speech, doctors were amazed by the brain's comp; other areas took over, allowing her to communicate again. "

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The action of competing.

Examples :

"The competition for this job is strong."

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A contest for a prize or award.

Examples :

"The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car."

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The competitors in such a contest.

Examples :

"The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition."

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The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

Examples :

"The historian's latest comp of primary documents offered new insights into the American Civil War. "

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That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.

Examples :

"The student's history report was a good comp of various articles and encyclopedia entries. "

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Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

Examples :

"The lengthy comp took over five minutes, making everyone wait impatiently for the program to run. "

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To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.

Examples :

"Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language."

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To construct, build.

Examples :

"The engineers will comp a new bridge across the river to improve transportation. "

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To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

Examples :

"The programmer needs to comp the C++ code before the program can run. "

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To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

Examples :

"The student's program code comped successfully, allowing them to run the simulation. "

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To contain or comprise.

Examples :

"The final exam will comp all the material covered in the course this semester. "

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To write; to compose.

Examples :

"The student had to comp a short story for her English class. "

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One who compiles.

Examples :

"a compiler of poetry anthologies"

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A computer program which transforms source code into object code.

Examples :

"The programmer used a comp to translate the human-readable code into a language the computer could understand. "

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adjective

In the nature of a compliment.

Examples :

"a complimentary remark"

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Free; provided at no charge.

Examples :

"complimentary drinks"

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With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional.

Examples :

"Here is a sentence using "comp" (as an adjective meaning formal and professional in a letter closing): "Please ensure your email's closing is comp; use a formal salutation and your full name." "

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A mixture of different components.

Examples :

"The cake batter is a delicious comp of flour, sugar, eggs, and milk. "

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A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.

Examples :

"The aircraft wing is made of a lightweight and durable comp, blending carbon fiber for strength and a resin matrix to bind it all together. "

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A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.

Examples :

"My botany professor explained that a daisy is a type of comp, easily identifiable by its composite flower head. "

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A function of a function.

Examples :

"The complex mathematical model used a function as a comp within another function to optimize resource allocation. "

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(chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.

Examples :

"The detective showed the witness a comp created from various descriptions to help identify the suspect. "

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A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.

Examples :

"Example Sentence: "The number 6 is a comp because you can get it by multiplying 2 and 3." "

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The act of putting together; assembly.

Examples :

"The final comp of the presentation slides took longer than expected because everyone had different ideas about the layout. "

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A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

Examples :

"The new paint color is a vibrant comp of red and orange. "

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The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

Examples :

"The cake's delicious flavor came from a perfect comp of flour, sugar, and butter. "

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The general makeup of a thing or person.

Examples :

"Her kind heart was a vital part of her comp, making her a wonderful friend. "

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An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce.

Examples :

"After weeks of arguing about screen time, the siblings finally reached a comp, agreeing to share the tablet fairly in exchange for no more fighting. "

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A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine.

Examples :

""The company offered a significant comp to the former employee to avoid a lawsuit." "

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An agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.

Examples :

"Due to the company's financial difficulties, the bank accepted a comp of 60 cents on the dollar from them to settle the debt. "

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Examples :

"The teacher asked us to write a short comp about our summer vacation. "

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The formation of compound words from separate words.

Examples :

"The comp "laptop computer" shows how separate words combine to create a new meaning. "

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A work of music, literature or art.

Examples :

"The museum displayed an impressive comp of ancient Egyptian artifacts. "

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Examples :

"The designer checked the comp before sending the brochure to the printer. "

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Applying a function to the result of another.

Examples :

"The final grade calculation involves a comp of the midterm score and the final exam score. "

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The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.

Examples :

"The jet's final speed resulted from the comp of its own engine thrust and the powerful tailwind. "

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Consistency; accord; congruity.

Examples :

"The team leader stressed the need for comp between the marketing and sales strategies to ensure a unified message to customers. "

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Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Examples :

"The architect presented a building's comp, showing how all the individual elements would work together as a single, functional structure. "

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The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

Examples :

"The art teacher critiqued Sarah's painting, focusing on the comp and how the objects were positioned on the canvas. "

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Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.

Examples :

"In computer science class, we learned how a simple string and an integer can be used in a comp to create a student record object. "

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A person who sets type; a typesetter.

Examples :

"The newspaper hired a skilled comp to arrange the text perfectly on the page before printing. "

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One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.

Examples :

"I work as an image compositor."

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A normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools

Examples :

""My daughter goes to the local comp; it has students with all kinds of different skills and learning needs." "

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The chief accountant of a company or government.

Examples :

"The company's new comp carefully reviewed all the expense reports before the audit. "

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A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.

Examples :

"In the early days of NASA, before electronic computers were widespread, a team of comps manually calculated the trajectories for spacecraft. "

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(by restriction) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.

Examples :

""In the old computer lab, they had one comp reserved for complex data analysis, while the other computers, the computresses, were used for basic word processing." "

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Examples :

"My comp helps me write essays for school and watch videos online. "

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The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.

Examples :

"She decided to major in comp at university because she wants to design new computer systems. "

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