comp

1. 1.

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

   “she took her comps in English literature”

   Synonymscomprehensive examinationcomprehensive

   Broaderexamination

Other forms of comp

plural

comps·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about comp

What does comp mean?

comp means "an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge".

How many syllables are in comp?

comp has 1 syllable: comp. In IPA it is /ˈkɑmp/.

What is another word for comp?

Close synonyms include comprehensive examination, comprehensive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is comp a common word?

comp is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.