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Definition
/kɒmp/
noun
- Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
- Clipping of comprehensive examination.
- Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.
verb
- To accompany, in music.
- To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
- To provide someone with (a complimentary item, such as a ticket).
noun
- (in bibliographies) Abbreviation of compiled.
noun
- Something suitable for comparison.
noun
- (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.
- (grammar) A word in the comparative form.
- (chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
noun
- Comparison.
- An instruction or command that compares two values.
- Illustration by comparison; simile.
noun
- The act or principle of compensating.
- Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
- 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.
noun
- The action of competing.“The competition for this job is strong.”
- A contest for a prize or award.“The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.”
- The competitors in such a contest.“The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.”
noun
- The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
- That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
- Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
verb
- To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.“Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.”
- To construct, build.
- To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.“After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.”
noun
- One who compiles.“a compiler of poetry anthologies”
- A computer program which transforms source code into object code.
adjective
- In the nature of a compliment.“a complimentary remark”
- Free; provided at no charge.“complimentary drinks”
- With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional.
noun
- A mixture of different components.
- A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
- A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
noun
- A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.
noun
- The act of putting together; assembly.
- A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
- The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
noun
- A person who sets type; a typesetter.
- One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.“I work as an image compositor.”
noun
- A normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools
noun
- The chief accountant of a company or government.
noun
- A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
- (by restriction) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
- A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media.
noun
- 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.
Source: Wiktionary