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com·pen·di·um
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kəmˈpɛn
di
əm
/
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uh
m-
pen
-dee-
uh
m
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noun,
plural
com·pen·di·ums,
com·pen·di·a
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ə
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uh
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.
1.
a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise:
a compendium of medicine.
2.
a summary, epitome, or abridgment.
3.
a full list or inventory:
a compendium of their complaints.
Also,
com·pend
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pɛnd
/
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-pend
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.
Origin:
1575–85;
<
Latin:
gain, saving, shortcut, abridgment, equivalent to
com-
com-
+
pend-
(stem of
pendere
to cause to hang down, weigh) +
-ium
-ium
Synonyms
1.
survey, digest, conspectus.
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World English Dictionary
compendium
(kəmˈpɛndɪəm)
—
n
,
pl
-diums
,
-dia
1.
(
Brit
) a book containing a collection of useful hints
2.
(
Brit
) a selection, esp of different games or other objects in one container
3.
a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
[C16: from Latin: a saving, literally: something weighed, from
pendere
to weigh]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
compendium
1589, from L. compendium "a shortening, saving," lit. "that which is weighed together," from L. compendere "to weigh together," from com- "together" + pendere "to weigh" (see
pendant
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
And there's also a helpful
compendium
of related online and offline resources.
It provides a
compendium
of links to articles about the field as well.
The result is more a
compendium
than a unified history.
It published a
compendium
of the comments it had received and announced
significant changes to its proposals.
Every page of this quirky
compendium
catalogs something fascinating, surprising, or serendipitous.
Spread horizontally over six panels, it is a
compendium
of many of his effects and motifs up to that time.
The idea of an encyclopedia-a
compendium
of all the best available knowledge-is as tempting as it is flawed.
Every morning, the app creates a
compendium
of the days events based on the topics you've chosen.
It is true that it is often given alone, as a sort of
compendium
of all the others.
But, as elsewhere in the media, this
compendium
has increasingly favoured ephemeral stunts.
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"Many an excellent novel is a
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