/ English Dictionary

COMPILATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)

Example:

the job of compiling the inventory took several hours

Synonyms:

compilation; compiling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("compilation" is a kind of...):

aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)

Derivation:

compile (put together out of existing material)

compile (use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed)

compile (get or gather together)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)

Synonyms:

compilation; digest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("compilation" is a kind of...):

collection; compendium (a publication containing a variety of works)

Derivation:

compile (put together out of existing material)

compile (get or gather together)

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