Thesaurus / comp
FEEDBACKHow to use comp in a sentence
As soon as someone can find a job that pays better, offers medical benefits or worker’s comp, or puts less physical strain on the body, they quit.
CARING FOR THE ELDERLY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE EXPENSIVE, EXHAUSTING, OR INVISIBLEANNE HELEN PETERSENAUGUST 26, 2021VOXThe results don’t jump off the page, but using typical minor league metrics to evaluate the 30-year-old who missed three years isn’t likely to yield many comps.
THIS FORMER NO. 1 PICK IS TRYING TO FORGE AN MLB CAREER … AT AGE 30HOWARD MEGDALAUGUST 19, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe format would mean that speed climbing, considered somewhat gimmicky by most comp climbers, would be given equal weight to the more revered and established disciplines of sport climbing and bouldering.
A SURPRISE FINISH—AND SILVER MEDAL FOR THE U.S.—IN SPORT CLIMBING’S OLYMPIC DEBUTJVERSTEEGHAUGUST 5, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEHis manager, Tony La Russa, even threw an Adam Wainwright comp on him.
ONE MONTH INTO THE MLB SEASON, WHICH ROOKIES ARE STANDING OUT?HOWARD MEGDALMAY 4, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThe demonstrative adverb thus implies a relative adverb: comp.
MILTON'S COMUSJOHN MILTONIn this participle the termination -ing seems almost equivalent to that of the past participle: comp.
MILTON'S COMUSJOHN MILTONTh' brokerage house iv Conem an' Comp'ny wint into th' hands iv a receiver to-day.
MR. DOOLEY SAYSFINLEY DUNNESivral times I wint to th' dinin'-room intindin' to jine th' jovyal comp'ny there but quit at th' dure.
MR. DOOLEY SAYSFINLEY DUNNEThere is no hearth as ample in anny man's home as th' hearth th' Steel Comp'ny does its cookin' by.
MR. DOOLEY SAYSFINLEY DUNNEThe Cape Verd Islands, which lie outside these straits, may be here referred to: comp.
MILTON'S COMUSJOHN MILTONWORDS RELATED TO COMP
- ante up
- atone
- atone for
- balance
- comp
- compensate
- cough up
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- countervail
- do business
- equalize
- expiate
- fix
- give satisfaction
- grease
- indemnify
- make amends
- make good
- make up for
- offset
- overcompensate
- pay
- pay for
- propitiate
- put out
- reciprocate
- recoup
- recover
- redress
- reimburse
- remunerate
- repay
- requite
- retaliate
- retrieve
- return
- reward
- satisfy
- spring for
- square
- sweeten the pot
- swing for
- take care of
- architecture
- arrangement
- blueprint
- chart
- comp
- composition
- conception
- constitution
- construction
- delineation
- depiction
- diagram
- doodle
- drawing
- dummy
- form
- formation
- game plan
- idea
- layout
- makeup
- map
- method
- model
- outline
- paste-up
- pattern
- perspective
- picture
- plan
- project
- scheme
- strategy
- study
- tracery
- tracing
- treatment
- architecture
- arrangement
- blueprint
- chart
- comp
- composition
- conception
- constitution
- construction
- delineation
- depiction
- diagram
- doodle
- drawing
- dummy
- form
- formation
- game plan
- idea
- layout
- makeup
- map
- method
- model
- outline
- paste-up
- pattern
- perspective
- picture
- plan
- project
- scheme
- strategy
- study
- tracery
- tracing
- treatment
- analysis
- approval
- assessment
- attempt
- blue book
- catechism
- check
- comp
- confirmation
- corroboration
- countdown
- criterion
- dry run
- elimination
- essay
- evaluation
- exam
- experiment
- final
- fling
- go
- inquest
- inquiry
- inspection
- investigation
- lick
- oral
- ordeal
- pop quiz
- preliminary
- probation
- probing
- proof
- questionnaire
- scrutiny
- search
- shibboleth
- standard
- substantiation
- touchstone
- trial
- trial and error
- trial run
- try
- tryout
- verification
- yardstick
- analyses
- approvals
- assessments
- attempts
- blue books
- catechisms
- checks
- comps
- confirmations
- corroborations
- countdowns
- criteria
- dry runs
- eliminations
- essays
- evaluations
- exams
- experiments
- finals
- flings
- go
- inquests
- inquiries
- inspections
- investigations
- licks
- orals
- ordeals
- pop quizes
- preliminaries
- probations
- probings
- proofs
- questionnaires
- scrutinies
- searches
- shibboleths
- standards
- substantiation
- touchstones
- trial and errors
- trial runs
- trials
- tries
- tryouts
- verifications
- yardsticks
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