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Word: Compendium
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: from Latin, ‘profit, saving’ (literally ‘what is weighed together’), from compendere, from com- ‘together’ + pendere ‘weigh’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kəmˈpɛndɪəm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication
Short Definition:collection of concise but detailed information about particular subject
Examples:- an invaluable compendium of useful information about language
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