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COMPENDIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("compendium" is a kind of...):
sum-up; summary (a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form)
Derivation:
compendious (briefly giving the gist of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A publication containing a variety of works
Synonyms:
collection; compendium
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("compendium" is a kind of...):
publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compendium"):
anthology (a collection of selected literary passages)
archives (collection of records especially about an institution)
compilation; digest (something that is compiled (as into a single book or file))
