comp
/kɒmp/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.85 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Clipping of comparative.
adj
Clipping of compensatory or compensating.
adj
Clipping of competitive.
noun
Alternative form of comp.
noun
Clipping of competition.
noun
Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
noun
Example Sentences
- "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 a comp ticket. These gestures all count."
- "comp lit[erature]"
- "comp time"
- "comp pay"
- "The purpose of a comp 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."
- "In mid-April I took my comp test at the Mather AFB education office. Two weeks later I got a letter telling me I had passed my comp test on the first try."
Usage
- British usage
- Informal
- Colloquial
- Dated
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
- Transitive verb