compendium

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plural compendiums or compendia\ kəm-ˈpen-dē-ə

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Definition of compendium

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 items

b : collection, compilation a compendium of folk tales

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a one-volume compendium of information He published a compendium of folk tales.

Recent Examples on the Web The Principles of Psychology, a massive compendium, didn't appear until 1890. — TheWeek, "How William James encourages us to believe in the possible," 2 Feb. 2020 When tuned for this purpose, their model weeded out 96 percent of the cables while retaining 80 percent of those that wound up in the compendium. — Matthew Hutson, Scientific American, "Automating History’s First Draft," 30 Nov. 2019 The bulk of Fyllo’s appeal is an online platform called CannaBrain: a detailed compendium, zip code by zip code, of the fractured U.S. legal landscape that enables automated compliance and advertising. — Richard Morgan, Fortune, "This Startup Wants to Be the PayPal of Weed," 24 Nov. 2019 The Chronicle also owns Arts & Letters Daily, an online compendium of articles about culture. — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, "Corbin Gwaltney, co-founder of the Chronicle of Higher Education, dies at 97," 31 July 2019 Economist Books; 272 pages; $11.99 and £8.99 A compendium of our explainer articles and daily charts, which spell out why Americans are sleeping more, why the global suicide rate is falling and why carrots were not always orange. — The Economist, "Giant leaps To the Moon and back," 5 Dec. 2019 Huge compendiums of videos documenting instances of police brutality have been set up on public Google Drives. — Mary Hui, Quartz, "The Hong Kong protests are the most live-streamed protests ever," 11 Nov. 2019 Gold’s column — a daily compendium of local anecdotes and observations — was an immediate hit. — John Kelly, Washington Post, "Helping Hand history: Column’s annual fundraiser started as a token effort," 10 Nov. 2019 In 1971, Joni Mitchell produced Morning Glory on the Vine: a compendium of handwritten lyrics and drawings by the musical icon herself. — David Canfield, EW.com, "Here's a sneak peek at Joni Mitchell's beautiful handcrafted book," 22 Oct. 2019

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“Compendium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/compendium. Accessed 22 Feb. 2020.

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