1. an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge; - Example: "she took her comps in English literature" [syn: comprehensive examination, comprehensive, comp]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
comprehensive examination
n 1: an intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in
some special field of knowledge; "she took her comps in
English literature" [syn: comprehensive examination,
comprehensive, comp]