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1.nounClipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
2.nounClipping of comprehensive examination.
3.nounClipping of complimentary ticket or item.
4.verbTo accompany, in music.
5.verbTo compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
6.verbTo provide someone with (a complimentary item, such as a ticket).
7.verbTo provide a complimentary item, such as a ticket to (someone).
8.noun(in bibliographies) Abbreviation of compiled.
9.nounSomething suitable for comparison.
10.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.
11.noun(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
12.noun(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
13.nounAn equal; a rival; a compeer.
14.nounOne who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
15.nounComparison.
16.nounAn instruction or command that compares two values.
17.nounIllustration by comparison; simile.
18.nounThe act or principle of compensating.
19.nounSomething which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
20.nounThe 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.
21.nounA recompense or reward for service.
22.nounAn equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.
23.nounThe relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.
24.nounThe ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke).
25.nounThe action of competing."The competition for this job is strong."
26.nounA contest for a prize or award."The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car."
27.nounThe competitors in such a contest."The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition."
28.nounThe act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
29.nounThat which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
30.nounTranslation of source code into object code by a compiler.
31.verbTo 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."
32.verbTo construct, build.
33.verbTo 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."
34.verbTo be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code."There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile."
35.verbTo contain or comprise.
36.verbTo write; to compose.
37.nounOne who compiles."a compiler of poetry anthologies"
38.nounA computer program which transforms source code into object code.
39.adjectiveIn the nature of a compliment."a complimentary remark"
40.adjectiveFree; provided at no charge."complimentary drinks"
41.adjectiveWith respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional.
42.nounA mixture of different components.
43.nounA structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
44.nounA plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
45.nounA function of a function.
46.noun(chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
47.nounA (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.
48.nounThe act of putting together; assembly.
49.nounA mixture or compound; the result of composing.
50.nounThe proportion of different parts to make a whole.
51.nounThe general makeup of a thing or person.
52.nounAn agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce.
53.nounA payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine.
54.nounAn agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
55.nounAn essay.
56.nounThe formation of compound words from separate words.
57.nounA work of music, literature or art.
58.nounTypesetting.
59.nounApplying a function to the result of another.
60.nounThe compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
61.nounConsistency; accord; congruity.
62.nounSynthesis as opposed to analysis.
63.nounThe arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
64.nounWay to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
65.nounA person who sets type; a typesetter.
66.nounOne who, or that which, composes or sets in order."I work as an image compositor."
67.nounA normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools
68.nounThe chief accountant of a company or government.
69.nounA person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
70.noun(by restriction) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
71.nounA 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.
72.nounThe study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.