COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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