Comp (Noun)
Meaning
An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge; "she took her comps in English literature".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- She took her comps in English literature and passed with flying colors.
- The graduate student spent months preparing for her comps in computer science.
- The comps in physics were notoriously difficult, but he was determined to pass.
- She had to take her comps in psychology before she could start her dissertation.
- The comps in mathematics were a grueling test of endurance and knowledge.