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COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge
Example:
she took her comps in English literature
Synonyms:
comp; comprehensive; comprehensive examination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("comprehensive examination" is a kind of...):
exam; examination; test (a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge)