 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
compilation
noun
1: something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
[syn: {digest}]
2: the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or
list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several
hours" [syn: {compiling}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compilation \Com"pi*la"tion\, noun [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "compilation":
Festschrift, album, ana, analects, anthology, aquarium, beauties,
body, canon, chrestomathy, collectanea, collected works,
collection, complete works, corpus, data, delectus, 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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