comp (notcomparable)
- Clipping ofcomplimentary.
2019 May 8, Barney Ronay, “Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam”, inThe Guardian[1]:It will instead be Liverpool in Madrid on the first day of June for another shot at the ultimate. Presumably, Sergio Ramos, season long since over, will receive acomp ticket. These gestures all count.
- Clipping ofcomparative.
comp lit[erature]
- Clipping ofcompensatory orcompensating.
- comp time comp pay
comp (pluralcomps)
- Alternative form ofcomp.
- Clipping ofcompetition.
- (design)Clipping ofcomprehensivelayout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
2008, Marcia Layton Turner, Marjorie Crum, chapter16, inThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Graphic Design, Penguin,→ISBN:The purpose of acomp is to give your client, whether that is your boss, a committee you're on, or an outside company that has retained you for design assistance, a look at what the finished piece you've designed will look like.
- (education)Clipping ofcomprehensiveexamination.
2019, Kelly D. Harrison,Air Force Cop: An Autobiography, Dorrance Publishing,→ISBN,page389:In mid-April I took mycomp test at the Mather AFB education office. Two weeks later I got a letter telling me I had passed mycomp test on the first try.
- (British, education)Clipping ofcomprehensive school.
2011, Joanna Nadin,Buttercup Mash[2], OUP Oxford,→ISBN:Although she got expelled from Pennington after three months and ended up at Broadmead, which is like this totally toughcomp where they have to check you for weapons at the door.
- Clipping ofcomplimentary ticket or item.
2011, Sylvester Suzuki,The Intelligent Guide to Casino Gaming, Chartley Publishing LLC,→ISBN,page 7:One of the truly freecomps in casinos is the free drink. If you are presentably dressed and even look like you might be engaging in some form of gaming, in many casinos you can get a free drink simply by flagging down one of the cocktail waitresses that are constantly circulating throughout the casino.
- Clipping ofcomparable.
- (informal)Clipping ofcompensation.
Workman'scomp and disabilitycomp help people who are injured at work.
2016, Zsuzsa Berend,The Online World of Surrogacy, Berghahn Books,→ISBN,page171:I'll respond to ads that mentioncomp if it's along the lines of someone who knows they need a surrogate with acomp in a specific range (i.e. we can do acomp of $XXXX to $XXXX)[…]
- Clipping ofcomposite.
- Clipping ofcomp card.
2010, Ro Martinez,Modeling at Any Age, page81:If the same model has beautiful hair, white teeth, glowing skin, a fit body, good hands and legs, a great wardrobe, and a knockoutcomp, her value on the "bookability meter" goes sky high.
- Clipping ofcomposition.
2013, Lavez Robinson Sr.,On My Own, Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN,page61:I had managed to bring up my grades in composition just before the end of my sixth grade year after Mr. Constantino, mycomp teacher, called my Mother and informed her I was on the verge of flunking;[…]
- Clipping ofcompositor.
1939,Modern Game Breeding and Hunting Club News:[…] Charles, Va., where he worked as acomp for two years. Then back home he went to Snow Hill to produce his own weekly newspaper, the Snow Hill Advocate.
- Clipping ofcomptroller(“chief accountant”).
- (colloquial, dated)Clipping ofcomputer, especially adesktop computer.
- Synonyms:'puter,compy
2011, J. D. Robb,Treachery in Death[3], London: Piatkus,→ISBN, page254:“Okay. I was home, up, and still working. There'll be a log of that on mycomp.[…]”
- Clipping ofcompilation.
- Clipping ofcomputer science, especially an academic program.
- Synonym:comp sci
comp (third-person singular simple presentcomps,present participlecomping,simple past and past participlecomped)
- (intransitive, US) Toaccompany, in music.
2001, Charles Suhor,Jazz in New Orleans: The Postwar Years Through 1970, page 9:Hecomped lightly and then played a short phrase to begin his solo.
- (transitive) Tocompose (a visual design); to make acomposite.
- (transitive) Toprovide (someone) with acomplimentary item, such as aticket; to provide (someone) with something for free.
- tocomp him his meals
- (transitive) Toprovide (acomplimentary item, such as aticket) for free (either up front or sometimes by refunding the cost of it).
The bartender decided tocomp their drinks to make up for the earlier incident.
2022,N. K. Jemisin,The World We Make, Orbit, page92:There’s a small bar serving the suites, where all the drinks arecomped.
- Clipping ofcompile.
to provide with a complimentary item
comp
- (West Midlands)Alternative form ofkampe
