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compendium
[ kuhm-pen-dee-uhm ]
noun
- a brief treatment or account of a subject, especially an extensive subject; concise treatise:
a compendium of medicine.
Synonyms: , ,
- a summary, epitome, or abridgment.
- a full list or inventory:
a compendium of their complaints.
compendium
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noun
- a book containing a collection of useful hints
- a selection, esp of different games or other objects in one container
- a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of compendium1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of compendium1
Example Sentences
His 55-minute set of variations, his last major work — and his largest — for solo piano is a compendium of what the composer could do and what the keyboard instrument of 1825 could do.
Her complaint contains a footnote stating that the messages, including a 22-page compendium of texts submitted as an exhibit with the complaint, came through the “legal process, including a civil subpoena.â€
A cultural compendium and also a meditation, “Black in Blues†will inspire other great minds.
This statement is as solid a compendium of financial ignorance as one might wish, even coming from a U.S.
Mr Munford belongs to a collector’s club in Lincoln and said his friends were “encouraging†about his crisp compendium.
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