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com·pi·la·tion  (kmp-lshn)
n.
1. The act of compiling.
2. Something, such as a set of data, a report, or an anthology, that is compiled.

compilation [ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən]
n
1. something collected or compiled, such as a list, report, etc.
2. the act or process of collecting or compiling

Compilation a heaping or piling together; an accumulation; a literary work compiled from various sources.
Examples: compilation of foreign memoirs, 1794; of the mass, 1728; of theological systems, 1837.

Selection, assembly, and graphic presentation of all relevant information required for the preparation of a map or chart. Such information may be derived from other maps or charts or from other sources.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.compilation - something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
compendium, collection - a publication containing a variety of works
2.compilation - the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
assembling, collecting, aggregation, collection - the act of gathering something together

compilation
noun collection, treasury, accumulation, anthology, assortment, assemblage His latest album is a compilation of his jazz works over the past decade.
Translations
compilation [ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən]
A. N (= act) [of list, catalogue] → compilación f; [of information] → recopilación f; (= document) → compilación f
B. CPD compilation album N (Mus) → álbum m recopilatorio
compilation [ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən] n
(= collection) [works, material, music, footage, songs] → compilation f compilation album
(= compiling) [data] → recueil m
compilation album nalbum m compilation
compilation
nZusammenstellung f; (of material)Sammlung f; (of dictionary)Abfassung f
compilation [ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃn] ncompilazione f


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I don't wish to be hampered by any restrictions in the compilation of my notes.
Here, after gradually failing in loftier hopes, he had "read" with divers who had lacked opportunities or neglected them, and had refurbished divers others for special occasions, and had turned his acquirements to the account of literary compilation and correction, and on such means, added to some very moderate private resources, still maintained the house I saw.
Ferguson had also provided himself with a work which combined in one compilation all the notions already acquired concerning the Nile.
 
 
 
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