Compendium

Definition: Compendium

Compendium

Noun

1. A publication containing a variety of works.

2. A concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "compendium" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Compendium \Com*pen"di*um\, noun; plural English Compendiums, from Latin expression Compendia. [Latin expression compendium that which is weighed, saved, or shortened, short way, from compendere to weigh; com- pendere to weigh. See Pension, and compare to Compend.]. (Websters 1913)

Information

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Compendium

Compendium

Noun: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.

Conciseness

Adjective: concise, brief, short, terse,close; to the point, exact; neat, compact; compressed, condensed, pointed; laconic, curt, pithy, trenchant, summary; pregnant; compendious; (compendium); succinct; elliptical, epigrammatic, quaint, crisp; sententious.

Contraction

Condensation, compression, compactness; compendium; squeezing; Verb: strangulation; corrugation; astringency; astringents, sclerotics; contractility, compressibility; coarctation.

Shortness

Shortening; Verb: abbreviation, abbreviature; abridgment, concision, retrenchment, curtailment, decurtation; reduction; (contraction); epitome; (compendium).

Crosswords: Compendium

French (compendium), Latin (a shortening, compendium, saving).

Books

• The Puzzle Mountain: The Most Original and Absorbing Compendium of Puzzles, Quizzes and Brainteasing Entertainments Ever Published (reference)

• Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects: A Compendium of AAP Guidelines and Resources for the Primary Care Practitioner (reference)

• Dubious Doublets: A Delightful Compendium of Unlikely Word Pairs of Common Origin, from Aardvark/Porcelain to Zodiac/Whiskey (reference)

• Isms: A Compendium of Concepts, Doctrines, Traits and Beliefs from Ableism to Zygodactylism (reference)

• Encounters With Death: A Compendium of Anthropomorphic Personifications of Death from Historical to Present Day Phenomenon (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Acog Compendium (reference)

• Bidders Compendium (reference)

• Clinical Coding Compendium (reference)

• Compendium (reference)

• Compendium - Cd-rom (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Compendium of Renaissance Inst (reference)

• Compendium Complete Solo Recor (reference)

• Cooking Zydeco: A Queen Ida Compendium (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Heroes of Might and Magic Compendium (reference)

• The Great Games Compendium 1 (reference)

• Voice Xpress for Medicine Medical Compendium 4.0 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

The compendium serves as a diagnostic and management resource guide for pediatricians and primary care physicians. (references)

In 1820, eleven physicians met in Washington, D.C. to establish the first compendium of standard drugs for the United States. (references)

Most large libraries have the reference set The ABMS Compendium of Certified Medical Professionals, which lists board-certified ophthalmologists, each with a small amount of biographical information. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Ending with "compendium": mini-compendium.

Albanian

përmbledhje (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, argument, budget, condensation, corpus, Garland, Miscellanea, miscellany, peroration, precis, reader, summary, summing up, synopsis), konspekt (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, conspectus, epitome, note, scheme, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ملخص (abridgement, abstract, digested, outline, summarized, summary, summed up), ‏خلاصة وافية (compend). (various references)

Bulgarian 

кратко изложение (analysis, capsule, digest, precis, summary), компендиум. (various references)

Chinese 

纲要 (Compendia, Compendiums). (various references)

Czech

výtah (digest, elevator, lift, precis, summary, syllabus), přehled (cadastre, digest, outline, statement, summary, survey, synopsis, table, view), kompendium. (various references)

Danish

solblænde med bælg. (various references)

Dutch

compendium. (various references)

Farsi 

مختصر (Concise, Epitome, Little, Short, Succinct, Sum, Summary, Synopsis, Terse), کوتاهی (Brevity, Default, Delinquency), زبده (Abstract, Cream, Elite, Extract), خلاصه (Abstract, Condensation, Digest, Epitome, Extract, Outline, Resume, Scantling, Schema, Short, Sketch, Sum, Summary, Summation, Synopsis, Upshot), اختصار (Brevity, Compression, Contraction). (various references)

Finnish

kompendiumi (condensation, digest, overview), kompendi (condensation, digest, overview), etupalje. (various references)

French

compendium (condensation). (various references)

German

kompendium (lens hood), Handbuch (guide, handbook, manual). (various references)

Greek 

επιτομή (abridgement, abstract, digest, epitome). (various references)

Hungarian

tömör kivonat, kompendium. (various references)

Indonesian

ringkasan (epitome, precis, summary, synopsis), ikhtisar (conspectus, digest, recapitulation). (various references)

Italian

compendio (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, digest, epitome, excerpt, extract, outline, summary, syllabus). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

提要 (outline, summary), �'�要 (outline, summary), 便覧 (handbook, manual), 大系 (outline, survey). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいけい (battle formation, corporal punishment, disposition of troops, farsighted policy, figure, form, grand-scale or long-range plan, great joy, honorific title for someone a little older, jail sentence, older brother, organization, outline, survey, system), び�"ら�" (disorder, handbook, manual), べ�"ら�" (handbook, manual), さつよう (outline, summary), ていよう (outline, summary). (various references)

Korean 

대�" (Compendia, Compendiums). (various references)

Manx

giare-chummey (abridgement, abstract). (various references)

Pig Latin

ompendiumcay

Portuguese

compêndio (manual, textbook, work-book). (various references)

Romanian

compendiu (abstract, brief), rezumat (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, argument, brief, capsule, conclusion, digest, docket, epitome, recapitulation, resume, sketch, summary, synopsis). (various references)

Russian 

компендиум (compendia, digest). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sažeto, sažet pregled. (various references)

Spanish

compendio (abridgement, abridgment, digest, epitome, shortening). (various references)

Swedish

kompendium (pandect). (various references)

Turkish

kısaltma (abbr, abbreviation, abridgement, compress, compression, condensation, curtailment, retrenchment, shortening, summary), inceleme (analysis, anatomy, checkover, checkup, dissection, examination, inquisition, investigation, observing, perusal, research, sifting, study, survey, surveying), özet (abridgement, abstract, brief, compress, condensation, conspectus, digest, epitome, extract, gist, outline, precis, resume, roundup, short, sum, summary, summation, synopsis). (various references)

Ukrainian

резюме (abstract, boildown, breviate, brief, capsule, digest, epitome, recap, recapitulation, resume, summary, synopsis), короткий посібник, конспект (abridgement, abridgment, abstract, conspectus, epitome, outline, precis, recap, recapitulation, scheme, summary, syllabus, workbook). (various references)

compendere, compendium, conpendii. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "compendium": compendiums. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Compendium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: commpendium, complendium, comprendo, conpendium, coompendium, kompendium. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: communed, encomium, meconium.

-3 letters: commend, commune, compend, demonic, imponed, impound, modicum, pounced, pumiced.

-4 letters: codein, coined, commie, comped, conium, copied, couped, cummin, domine, emodin, immune, impend, impone, income, induce, medico, medium, minced, monied, mucoid, mumped, muonic, neumic, nimmed, opined, podium, pommie, ponced, ponied, pounce, pumice, unipod.

-5 letters: coden, coned, coped, copen, coude, coupe, cumin.

+1 letter: compendiums.