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Companion

To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

Companionable

Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable.

companionate

companionlike; as, companionate marriage; a companionate dog.

Companionship

Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.

companionway

a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.

comparability

a similarity allowing comparison; an approximate equivalence.

Comparable

Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.

Comparate

One of two things compared together.

Comparative

The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.

Comparatively

According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.

Comparator

An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

Compare

To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire

comparison-shop

to compare prices for a given item from different vendors; -- usually for the purpose of finding the lowest price.

Compart

To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions.

Compartition

The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment.

Compartment

One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden.

compartmented

divided up into compartments; as, a compartmented box.

Compass

To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

Compasses

An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move.

Compassionate

To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.

Compatibility

The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties.

Compatible

Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.

Compatriot

Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.

Compel

To make one yield or submit.

Compellative

The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.

Compend

A compendium; an epitome; a summary.

Compendious

Containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.

Compendium

A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.

Compensate

To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.

Compensator

One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.

Compete

To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.

Competent

Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

Competently

In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.

Competition

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.

Competitive

Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.

Competitor

One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.

Compilation

The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

Compile

To put together; to construct; to build.

Compiler

One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.

Complacent

Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.

Complainer

One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.

complaining

uttering complaints. Opposite of uncomplaining.

Complaint

Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

Complaisance

Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.

Complaisant

Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.

Complemental

Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing.

complementation

the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate.

Complete

To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.

Completion

The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

Complex

Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.

Complexedness

The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication.

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