Meaning of COMPILATION
| Pronunciation: | | `kâmpu'leyshun
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- [n] the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
- [n] something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
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| | Synonyms: | | compiling, digest |
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| | See Also: | | aggregation, assembling, collecting, collection, collection, compendium | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com"pi*la"tion\, n. [L. compilatio: cf. F.
compilation.]
1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from
various sources.
2. That which is compiled; especially, a book or document
composed of materials gathering from other books or
documents.
His [Goldsmith's] compilations are widely
distinguished from the compilations of ordinary
bookmakers. --Macaulay.
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| | Related Terms: | | album, ana, analects, anthology, aquarium, beauties, body, canon, chrestomathy, collectanea, collected works, collection, complete works, corpus, data, delectus, Festschrift, florilegium, flowers, fund, garden, garland, holdings, library, menagerie, miscellanea, miscellany, museum, omnibus, photograph album, quotation book, raw data, scrapbook, symposium, treasure, zoo |
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