compendium
pronunciation
How to pronounce compendium in British English:
UK [kəmˈpendiəm]
How to pronounce compendium in American English:
US [kəmˈpɛndiəm]
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- Noun:
- a publication containing a variety of works
- a concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work
Word Origin
- compendium
- compendium: see ponder
- compendium (n.)
- 1580s, from Latin compendium "a shortening, saving," literally "that which is weighed together," from compendere "to weigh together," from com- "together" (see com-) + pendere "to weigh" (see pendant). Borrowed earlier as compendi (mid-15c.).
Example
- 1. He provides a compendium of information .
- 2. It 's a compendium of local city procedures and the national neighborhood watch guidelines , which the city put together and often updates .
- 3. Her new book " what to eat " is a food-reference compendium in which she assesses dozens of common foods and food groups .
- 4. In venezuela , the ministry of energy and oil has only just released the 2003 edition of its annual statistical compendium on the company 's performance .
- 5. These are among the new entries in the " guinness world records 2012 " , an annual compendium of trivia released on september 15th .