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COMPILATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)
Example:
the job of compiling the inventory took several hours
Synonyms:
compilation; compiling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("compilation" is a kind of...):
aggregation; assembling; collecting; collection (the act of gathering something together)
Derivation:
compile (put together out of existing material)
compile (use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed)
compile (get or gather together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
Synonyms:
compilation; digest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("compilation" is a kind of...):
collection; compendium (a publication containing a variety of works)
Derivation:
compile (put together out of existing material)
compile (get or gather together)
