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com⋅pi⋅la⋅tion

  [kom-puh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of compiling: the compilation of documents.
2. something compiled, as a reference book.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L compīlatiōn- (s. of compīlātiō). See compile, -ation

Related forms:
com⋅pil⋅a⋅to⋅ry  [kuhm-pahy-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

Synonyms:
2. collection, assemblage, assortment.
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com·pi·la·tion   (kŏm'pə-lā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of compiling.
  2. Something, such as a set of data, a report, or an anthology, that is compiled.
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