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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Something, such as a theater ticket or a book, given free of charge.
  • intransitive verb To play a jazz accompaniment, as on a piano or guitar.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An abbreviation of compare, comparative, composition, and compound.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A competition.
  • noun UK A comprehensive school
  • noun A complimentary ticket or item
  • noun A comparable.
  • noun A computer, especially a desktop computer
  • noun Compensation.
  • noun A composite, a composition
  • noun A comptroller.
  • noun A comprehensive examination.
  • noun A compile.
  • noun A compilation.
  • verb intransitive, US To accompany, in music
  • verb transitive To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
  • verb transitive To provide (a complimentary item, such as a ticket,) to (someone).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for complimentary.]

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Short for accompany.]

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. exam
  2. examination
  3. test

same context (12)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. NAV
  2. carboxylate
  3. comm
  4. communicationand
  5. complink
  6. enolate
  7. halide
  8. holographic
  9. life-support
  10. navigational
  11. videamus
  12. year-on-year

forms (3)

Forms

  1. comped
  2. comping
  3. comps

rhymes (7)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Duchamp
  2. chomp
  3. pomp
  4. romp
  5. stomp
  6. swamp
  7. tromp

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  • bilby commented on the word comp

    I'm not familiar with the meaning WordNet indicates. For me the apocope would refer to either competition or complimentary depending on the context.

    February 25, 2009

  • plethora commented on the word comp

    Competency, perhaps?

    February 25, 2009

  • vanishedone commented on the word comp

    The O.E.D. does give comp as an abbreviation of competition, as well as company, compositor and accompaniment.

    February 25, 2009

  • john commented on the word comp

    It's also short for complimentary, and sometimes used as a verb in that form.

    February 25, 2009

  • bilby commented on the word comp

    My guess for the above would be comprehensive (examination).

    February 25, 2009

  • vanishedone commented on the word comp

    Checking WordNet's contribution to dictionary.reference.com/browse/comp, I see bilby has it right.

    February 25, 2009