fully comp
fully comp — adjective
1. describes an insurance policy that covers damage to your own vehicle as well as
describes an insurance policy that covers damage to your own vehicle as well as damage you cause to other people's vehicles or property.
Tamar picked a fully comp policy for her first car, fearing costly repairs after a crash.
attributive use: fully comp + policy
The garage said her fully comp insurance would pay for a replacement windscreen.
collocation: fully comp insurance
My parents told me to get fully comp cover rather than third-party only.
A fully comp policy costs more but gives you peace of mind if you have an accident.
- fully comprehensive
the full, formal version of the same phrase
文法句型
fully comp + noun
用法筆記
Only used attributively before a noun such as policy, insurance, or cover. Not used predicatively (*this policy is fully comp — see adverb sense).
常見錯誤
fully comp — noun
1. a type of motor insurance that pays for damage to your own vehicle and to other
a type of motor insurance that pays for damage to your own vehicle and to other people's vehicles or property.
Liam got fully comp for his catering van after a scrape in a car park.
verb collocation: get fully comp
The comparison website showed that fully comp was only sixty pounds more than third-party cover.
When Fatima booked a trip to Italy, she asked if her fully comp covered driving abroad.
Many drivers switch to fully comp once their car is more than a few years old.
The repair bill was over two thousand pounds, but luckily she had fully comp.
- fully comprehensive
the full noun phrase equivalent
文法句型
get/have fully comp
用法筆記
Used as an uncountable noun after verbs like get, have, switch to. Common in informal British conversation about car insurance.
fully comp — adverb
1. having a type of motor insurance that covers damage to your own vehicle as well
having a type of motor insurance that covers damage to your own vehicle as well as to other vehicles and property.
His father said he could drive the family car only if he was insured fully comp.
passive: be insured fully comp
The young driver paid a higher premium to be covered fully comp on her new electric car.
Kenji totalled his car on the motorway, so his insurer lent him a courtesy car while he was fully comp.
You can save money by agreeing to a higher excess even if you insure fully comp.
- fully comprehensively
the full adverb form, rarely used
文法句型
insure/be insured fully comp
用法筆記
Always follows the verb — it never comes before the verb or at the start of a sentence. Typically used with insure or be insured.