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Definition of compendium
compendiums
orcompendia
play \kəm-ˈpen-dē-ə\1 : a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract a one-volume compendium of the multivolume original
2a : a list of a number of itemsb : collection, compilation a compendium of folk tales
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Examples of compendium in a Sentence
a one-volume compendium of information
He published a compendium of folk tales.
Recent Examples of compendium from the Web
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The CIA's role in the coup, which toppled Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh and cemented the control of the shah, was already well-known by the time the State Department offered its first compendium on the era in 1989.
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The CIA’s role in the coup, which toppled Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddegh and cemented the control of the shah, was already well-known by the time the State Department offered its first compendium on the era in 1989.
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Theft by Finding,’’ is a compendium of your diary entries from 1977 to 2002.
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Here’s a compendium of all the places the Obamas have honeymooned since leaving the White House.
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The comic compendium, created and originally performed by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, has now been revised as well as abridged.
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State workers then send a record of this assessment to Anderson’s team at the NCHS who code it with one of those 8,000 or so potential causes in the ICD—which over a century of use and revision has become the globe’s single compendium to mortality.
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Sunday's match was not one for the Greatest Hits compendium; but an honest effort and a champion’s ability to elevate her game when the situation called for it.
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The idea of turning the permanent collection into a compendium of temporary shows attempts to solve a problem of underutilized assets.
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Origin and Etymology of compendium
Medieval Latin, from Latin, saving, shortcut, from compendere to weigh together, from com- + pendere to weigh — more at pendant
COMPENDIUM Defined for English Language Learners
compendium
playDefinition of compendium for English Language Learners
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: a collection of things (such as photographs, stories, facts, etc.) that have been gathered together and presented as a group especially in the form of a book
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