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| Domain | Definition |
Census | Designation for the (Comptroller), Bureau of the Census. Established January 1993 and elevated to Associate Director level in May 1994. (references) |
Slang | Noun. Source: A shortened version of computer. Definition: A machine that calculates or computes. Context: This term would be used with one's internet friends when discussing anything that has to do with computers. Social Source: Good Time Boys. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Date "COMP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Crosswords: COMP |
| English words defined with "COMP": Abler, Ante-. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "COMP": Warlock. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
COMP | English | Directorate-General for Competition | European Union |
COMP | Italian | Direzione generale della Concorrenza | European Union |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
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Lyrics | He stomp the comp got cuts like venom (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince) | |
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![]() | Figs.1 and 2, Agaricia agaricites Milne-Edw. and Haime. Fig. 3, cirrhiped covered with coral. Figs. 4-6, Porites clavaria Lamarck. Fig. 7, Porites furcata Lamarck. Figures 9-12, Astrangia solitaria Verrill. Figs. 13-15, Colangia immersa Pourtales. In: "Report on the Florida Reefs", 1880, by Louis Agassiz. Mem. of Museum of Comp. Zoo. at Harvard, Vol. VII, No. 1. Plate XII. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. | Medium shot of yellow comp Wyethia, white comp "Shasta" daisy. Credit: John Craig. | |
![]() | Verl. E. Linde & comp. (Sophus Williams). Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Low pressure cylinder for 3-cyl. comp. eng. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | View of Washington / drawn from nature and on stone by E. Sachse ; lith. and print in colors by E. Sachse & Comp. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Gl. Jackson--At the Battle of New Orleans / comp. and on stone by C. Severin. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "COMP" is generally used as a noun (common) -- approximately 83.15% of the time. "COMP" is used about 89 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (common) | 83.15% | 74 | 38,813 |
| Unclassified Items | 16.85% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 89 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "COMP" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Comp | Last name | 200 | 34,031 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "COMP": Comp-u-claim. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
comp usa | 12,890 | pro comp lift kit | 45 |
worker comp | 550 | comp plus u | 44 |
comp cam | 493 | comp usa.com | 43 |
workmans comp | 442 | deferred comp | 42 |
comp | 390 | florida worker comp | 40 |
comp dans | 268 | worker comp law | 38 |
pro comp | 212 | workmens comp | 38 |
pro comp tire | 208 | comp deferred ohio | 35 |
worker comp insurance | 93 | comp usa store | 34 |
comp card | 77 | comp tia | 34 |
comp usa coupon | 76 | workmans comp law | 33 |
workmans comp insurance | 75 | ohio worker comp | 33 |
explorer pro comp | 73 | pro comp lift | 33 |
california worker comp | 68 | bureau comp ohio worker | 32 |
pro comp suspension | 67 | comp usa auction | 31 |
texas worker comp | 67 | workman comp | 30 |
casino comp | 63 | california workmans comp | 29 |
work comp | 59 | dell comp | 28 |
comp time | 59 | price comp | 28 |
comp lexi | 50 | florida workmans comp | 27 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "COMP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | setzer (compositor, setter, typesetter, typesetters). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ompcay выполнить (acquit, exec). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "COMP": compact, compacted, compacter, compacters, compactest, compactible, compacting, compaction, compactions, compactly, compactness, compactnesses, compactor, compactors, compacts, compadre, compadres, companied, companies, companion, companionabilities, companionability, companionable, companionableness, companionablenesses, companionably, companionate, companioned, companioning, companions, companionship, companionships, companionway, companionways, company, companying, comparabilities, comparability, comparable, comparableness, comparablenesses, comparably, comparatist, comparatists, comparative, comparatively, comparativeness, comparativenesses, comparatives, comparativist, comparativists. (additional references) | |
Words containing "COMP": accompanied, accompanies, accompaniment, accompaniments, accompanist, accompanists, accompany, accompanying, accomplice, accomplices, accomplish, accomplishable, accomplished, accomplisher, accomplishers, accomplishes, accomplishing, accomplishment, accomplishments, anticompetitive, bicomponent, biocompatibilities, biocompatibility, biocompatible, cocomposer, cocomposers, countercomplaint, countercomplaints, decompensate, decompensated, decompensates, decompensating, decompensation, decompensations, decomposabilities, decomposability, decomposable, decompose, decomposed, decomposer, decomposers, decomposes, decomposing, decomposition, decompositions, decompound, decompress, decompressed, decompresses, decompressing, decompression. (additional references) | |
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"COMP" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accomp, Cemp, cfm, cmp, colmap, comc, comg, comi, Commg, commy, compa, Compc, compe, compi, compl, compr, compu, Compy, comt, comy, conip, consp, coomi, cosp, cowp, cpm, cumop, ecom, Fcmo, fomp, gompa, komp, Ocmp, somp, womp, yomp. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "COMP" (pronounced kÄ"mp) |
| 3 | -Ä" m p | chomp, pomp, romp, stomp, swamp, Tromp. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-m-o-p" | |
-1 letter: cop, moc, mop, pom. | |
-2 letters: mo, om, op. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-m-o-p" | |
+1 letter: campo, chomp, clomp, compo, comps, compt. | |
+2 letters: campos, chomps, clomps, coempt, comped, compel, comply, compos, compts, copalm, mobcap, mockup, myopic, pomace. | |
+3 letters: apomict, camphol, camphor, campion, campong, chomped, chomper, clomped, coempts, compact, company, compare, compart, compass, compeer, compels, compend, compere, compete, compile, comping, complex, complin, complot, compone, compony, comport, compose, compost, compote, compted, compute, comsymp, copalms, crampon, meropic, metopic, miscopy, mobcaps, mockups, morphic, oilcamp, polemic, pomaces, potamic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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