anthology

an·thol·o·gy  (n-thl-j)

n. pl. an·thol·o·gies

1. A collection of literary pieces, such as poems, short stories, or plays.

2. A miscellany, assortment, or catalog, as of complaints, comments, or ideas: "The Irish love their constitution for what it is: an anthology of the clerical-nationalist ideas of 1936" Economist.

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[Medieval Greek anthologi, collection of epigrams, from Greek, flower gathering, from anthologein, to gather flowers : antho-, antho- + logos, a gathering (from legein, to gather; see leg- in Indo-European roots).]

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antho·logi·cal (nth-lj-kl) adj.

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anthology

Noun

pl -gies a collection of poems or other literary pieces by various authors [Greek anthos flower + legein to collect]

anthologist n

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anthology

a collection of prayers used for solemn feasts in the Orthodox Eastern Church. See also books.

See also: Christianity

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a collection of stories, poems, or other literary material. See also christianity. — anthologist, n.

See also: Literature

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a collection of writings by various authors. — anthologist, n.

See also: Collections and Collecting

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Anthology a collection of flowers; items culled from literature. See also garland, treasury.

Examples: anthology of causes and effects, 1878; of epigrams; of flowers, 1755; of hymns, 1775; of poems; of pros’ [‘prostitutes’]—Lipton, 1970; of prose.

Thesaurus

Noun

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anthology - a collection of selected literary passages compendium, collection - a publication containing a variety of works diwan, divan - a collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author) florilegium, miscellany, garland - an anthology of short literary pieces and poems and ballads etc. omnibus - an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author

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anthology

noun collection, choice, selection, treasury, digest, compilation, garland, compendium, miscellany, analects

Translations

anthology [ænˈθɔlədʒɪ] n → antología

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anthology [ænˈθɔlədʒɪ] n → anthologie f

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anthology [ænˈθɔlədʒɪ] n → Anthologie f

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anthology [ænˈθɔlədʒɪ] n → antologia