"compendium" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-compendium.ogg [US] Forms: compendiums [plural], compendia [plural]
Etymology: From the Latin compendium (“that which is weighed together; a sparing, a saving, an abbreviation”), from com- (“with”) + pendō (“I weigh”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)pend-}}, {{der|en|la|compendium||that which is weighed together; a sparing, a saving, an abbreviation}} Latin compendium (“that which is weighed together; a sparing, a saving, an abbreviation”), {{m|la|con-|com-|with}} com- (“with”), {{m|la|pendō||I weigh}} pendō (“I weigh”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|compendia}} compendium (plural compendiums or compendia)
  1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. Translations (short, complete summary): резюме (rezjume) [neuter] (Bulgarian), конспект (konspekt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), compendi [masculine] (Catalan), kompendio (Esperanto), tiivistelmä (Finnish), recueil [masculine] (French), compendium [masculine] (French), compendio [masculine] (Galician), Kompendium [neuter] (German), επιτομή (epitomí) [feminine] (Greek), σύνοψη (sýnopsi) [feminine] (Greek), compendio [masculine] (Italian), 大要 (taiyou) (Japanese), 要約 (youyaku) (Japanese), mātāpunenga (Maori), kompendium [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), kompendium [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kompendium [neuter] (Polish), compendiu (Romanian), конспе́кт (konspékt) [masculine] (Russian), компе́ндиум (kompéndium) [masculine] (Russian), compendio [masculine] (Spanish), mkusanyiko (Swahili), kompendium [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-compendium-en-noun-RpNjwmEX Disambiguation of 'short, complete summary': 96 1 1 1
  2. A list or collection of various items.
    A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
    Sense id: en-compendium-en-noun-bJa~c1iQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 38 31 31
  3. A list or collection of various items.
    (pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
    Sense id: en-compendium-en-noun-YBRHoe1a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 38 31 31
  4. A list or collection of various items.
    Sense id: en-compendium-en-noun-G6OHLZLp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 38 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: encyclopedia, cyclopedia Derived forms: biocompendium, compendial Related terms: compendious

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "short, complete summary",
      "word": "compendiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konspékt",
      "sense": "short, complete summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "конспе́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kompéndium",
      "sense": "short, complete summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "компе́ндиум"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "short, complete summary",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compendio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "short, complete summary",
      "word": "mkusanyiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "short, complete summary",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "kompendium"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "compendium"
  ],
  "word": "compendium"
}

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