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comps

/kɑmps/ /koʊmps/

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

Examples :

"The graphic designer presented the comps for the magazine advertisement, showing the final placement of the headline and the product image. "

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Clipping of comprehensive examination.

Examples :

""Maria is studying hard for her comps next month." "

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Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.

Examples :

""As a volunteer usher, I get two comps to each performance." "

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(in bibliographies) Abbreviation of compiled.

Examples :

"The bibliography lists "comps" by Jane Doe, indicating she compiled the works. "

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Something suitable for comparison.

Examples :

"To decide on the best price for my used car, I looked at online listings as comps to see what similar vehicles were selling for. "

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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 :

"The teacher explained that "greener" is a comp used to show a higher degree of greenness. "

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(grammar) A word in the comparative form.

Examples :

""Better" and "worse" are common comps used when comparing things. "

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

Examples :

"To decide the best price for our house, the real estate agent showed us recent comps of similar homes that sold in the neighborhood. "

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An equal; a rival; a compeer.

Examples :

"My younger brother is a strong comps in the school's chess club. "

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One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.

Examples :

""Mark, the office comps, always finds a way to make a funny, often insightful, comparison between our marketing campaigns and those of our competitors." "

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Examples :

"The real estate agent showed us comps of similar houses in the neighborhood to help us determine a fair price. "

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An instruction or command that compares two values.

Examples :

"The assembly code included several "comps" to determine if the student's grade was high enough to pass. "

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Illustration by comparison; simile.

Examples :

"The teacher used comps to help us understand poetry, explaining that "the moon is like a silver coin" is similar to saying "the moon resembles a silver coin." "

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The act or principle of compensating.

Examples :

"The company offered employees extra vacation days as comps for the long hours they worked during the project. "

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

Examples :

""Because the hotel room was next to the noisy elevator, the manager gave us free breakfasts and drinks as comps." "

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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 :

"After Maria and David realized they each owed the other $20, they agreed on a comps to settle their debts, effectively canceling out both obligations. "

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A recompense or reward for service.

Examples :

"Because she worked extra hours during the busy season, Maria received some valuable vacation days as comps for 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 contract stated that minor discrepancies in the property description wouldn't void the sale, but would be resolved through comps, essentially financial compensation to the buyer." "

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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 building manager adjusted the comps on the heating system so the office temperature would stay comfortable even as the weather got colder outside." "

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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 damaged the left side of her brain, doctors were amazed by the comps demonstrated by the right side as it started to control her speech. "

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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 research involved careful comps of newspaper articles, personal letters, and official documents to reconstruct the events of that year. "

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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 research paper was mostly comps of quotes and summaries from different articles, lacking original analysis. "

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Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

Examples :

"The software team checked the server logs to see if the comps (compilations) had completed successfully overnight. "

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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 software development team uses different comps to translate the program's instructions into a language the computer can understand. "

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A mixture of different components.

Examples :

"The art class project required each student to create unique comps using a variety of materials like paper scraps, fabric remnants, and buttons. "

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

Examples :

"The airplane wing is made of comps, combining lightweight aluminum with strong carbon fiber for optimal performance. "

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

Examples :

"The garden was full of comps, including daisies, sunflowers, and asters. "

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A function of a function.

Examples :

"In computer science class, we learned how to create complex functions by building them from smaller functions; understanding these function comps is crucial for efficient coding. "

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

Examples :

"The detective showed the victim's family the comps he had created, hoping they could identify the suspect from the combined features of different witnesses' descriptions. "

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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 :

"In math class, the teacher asked us to identify the comps from a list of numbers, and we had to exclude all the prime numbers. "

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The act of putting together; assembly.

Examples :

"The final comps of the new school yearbook will be reviewed by the principal before printing. "

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A mixture or compound; the result of composing.

Examples :

"The garden soil was a rich, dark comps of leaves, manure, and shredded bark, perfect for growing vegetables. "

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The proportion of different parts to make a whole.

Examples :

"The teacher explained that the final grade's comps were 50% for tests, 30% for homework, and 20% for participation. "

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The general makeup of a thing or person.

Examples :

"The comps of the soil – sand, clay, and organic matter – determine how well plants grow. "

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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 fighting over screen time, the siblings finally reached a comps, agreeing to share the tablet in alternating hour-long slots. "

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

Examples :

"The company paid out substantial comps to the affected families after the factory accident, hoping to settle their legal claims. "

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

Examples :

"After the company's financial troubles, the bank agreed to comps, accepting 70% of the debt owed as full payment. "

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Examples :

"The professor assigned two comps for the final grade, focusing on different aspects of the novel. "

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The formation of compound words from separate words.

Examples :

"Linguistics students learn about the different types of word formation, including blends, derivations, and comps, which are combinations of separate words like "toothbrush" and "firefighter." "

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A work of music, literature or art.

Examples :

"The library's collection includes classic literary comps like Shakespeare and Dickens. "

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Examples :

"The graphic designer reviewed the comps to ensure the text was legible and aesthetically pleasing before sending the document to the printer. "

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Applying a function to the result of another.

Examples :

"The sales team's success depended on a series of data transformations, the last of which were statistical comps on the initial leads. "

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

Examples :

"The architect calculated the comps of the wind force against the building and the building's own structural support to ensure it could withstand severe weather. "

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Consistency; accord; congruity.

Examples :

"The comps between the manager's spoken instructions and the written manual ensured that everyone understood the task the same way. "

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Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Examples :

"Instead of breaking down the problem, we focused on comps, building a complete solution from various existing parts. "

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The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.

Examples :

"The art director reviewed several comps before choosing the one with the best visual balance. "

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

Examples :

"Software developers often create new data structures by building them out of simpler "comps" like integers and strings. "

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A person who sets type; a typesetter.

Examples :

"Before computers automated typesetting, comps meticulously arranged metal letters to create pages for 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 :

""Now that grammar schools are mostly gone, parents often choose between the local comps and private schools for their children's secondary education." "

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The chief accountant of a company or government.

Examples :

"The comps will review all the department budgets before approving them. "

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A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.

Examples :

"Back in the 1950s, before computers were widespread, companies employed comps to do complex calculations by hand. "

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

Examples :

"In the robotics club, students debated whether to call the older, more powerful computers "comps" and to reserve the term "computress" for the smaller, portable models. "

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Examples :

"My kids use their comps to do homework and play online games. "

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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 :

""Maria is majoring in comps at university because she loves programming and learning about how computers work." "

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