compendium
a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise: a compendium of medicine.
a summary, epitome, or abridgment.
a full list or inventory: a compendium of their complaints.
Origin of compendium
1- Also com·pend [kom-pend]. /ˈkɒm pɛnd/.
Other words for compendium
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use compendium in a sentence
How to Be Inappropriateby Daniel Nester A TMI compendia of inappropriate and humorous nonfiction.
From the 1780s on, cups with brass syringes began to appear in compendia of instruments.
Ibi mare increscens nunc eructat: nunc in sinum suum revolutum, navium fert compendia, commercia plurimorum.
Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2) | Dawson TurnerThere is a large number of small treatises and compendia of Florentine history of the guide-book description.
I am sure it would not, as they are no men, but incarnate compendia, abstractions made concrete.
Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) | Friedrich Nietzsche
The second volume contains minor works which are the barest compendia of facts taken from well-known sources.
British Dictionary definitions for compendium
/ (kəmˈpɛndɪəm) /
British a book containing a collection of useful hints
British a selection, esp of different games or other objects in one container
a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
Origin of compendium
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse