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Clipping of comprehensive layout, a graphic design showing final proposed layout of text and images.
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Clipping of comprehensive examination.
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Clipping of complimentary ticket or item.
verb
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To accompany, in music.
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To compose (a visual design); to make a composite.
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To provide someone with (a complimentary item, such as a ticket).
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To provide a complimentary item, such as a ticket to (someone).
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(in bibliographies) Abbreviation of compiled.
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Something suitable for comparison.
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(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.
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(grammar) A word in the comparative form.
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(chiefly in the plural) Data used to make a comparison.
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An equal; a rival; a compeer.
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One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
noun
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Comparison.
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An instruction or command that compares two values.
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Illustration by comparison; simile.
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The act or principle of compensating.
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Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss.
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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.
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A recompense or reward for service.
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An 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.
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The 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.
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The 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).
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The action of competing.
example
The competition for this job is strong.
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A contest for a prize or award.
example
The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
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The competitors in such a contest.
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The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.
noun
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The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
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That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
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Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
verb
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To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
example
Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
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To construct, build.
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To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
example
After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.
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To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
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There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile.
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To contain or comprise.
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To write; to compose.
noun
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One who compiles.
example
a compiler of poetry anthologies
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A computer program which transforms source code into object code.
adjective
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In the nature of a compliment.
example
a complimentary remark
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Free; provided at no charge.
example
complimentary drinks
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With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional.
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A mixture of different components.
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A structural material that gains its strength from a combination of complementary materials.
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A plant belonging to the family Asteraceae, syn. Compositae.
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A function of a function.
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(chiefly law enforcement) A drawing, photograph, etc. that combines several separate pictures or images.
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A (nonzero) natural number that is expressible as the product of two (or more) natural numbers other than itself and 1.
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The act of putting together; assembly.
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A mixture or compound; the result of composing.
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The proportion of different parts to make a whole.
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The general makeup of a thing or person.
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An agreement or treaty used to settle differences; later especially, an agreement to stop hostilities; a truce.
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A payment of money in order to clear a liability or obligation; a settling or fine.
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An agreement or compromise by which a creditor or group of creditors accepts partial payment from a debtor.
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An essay.
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The formation of compound words from separate words.
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A work of music, literature or art.
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Typesetting.
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Applying a function to the result of another.
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The compounding of two velocities or forces into a single equivalent velocity or force.
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Consistency; accord; congruity.
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Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
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The arrangement and flow of elements in a picture.
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Way to combine simple objects or data types into more complex ones.
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A person who sets type; a typesetter.
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One who, or that which, composes or sets in order.
example
I work as an image compositor.
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A normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools
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The chief accountant of a company or government.
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A person employed to perform computations; one who computes.
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(by restriction) A male computer, where the female computer is called a computress.
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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.
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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.