compendium

C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary

US /kəmˈpɛndiəm/ UK /kəmˈpɛndiəm/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a concise but comprehensive summary of a subject

The volume is a compendium of medieval folk remedies.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a concise but comprehensive... summary digest abstract synopsis abridgment handbook collection

Word family

Derived forms compendious

Related forms compendious dispense pendant

Etymology

From Latin compendium ('a saving, abbreviation', literally 'that which is weighed together'), from compendere ('to weigh together'), from com- ('together') + pendere ('to weigh').

compendium Latin pendere Latin

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# compendium

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpɛndiəm/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpɛndiəm/

## Meanings
1. a concise but comprehensive summary of a subject

## Examples
- The volume is a compendium of medieval folk remedies.

## Synonyms
- summary
- digest
- abstract
- synopsis
- abridgment
- handbook
- collection

## Derived Forms
- compendious

## Related Forms
- compendious
- dispense
- pendant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: compendium
- Root: pendere

## Etymology
From Latin compendium ('a saving, abbreviation', literally 'that which is weighed together'), from compendere ('to weigh together'), from com- ('together') + pendere ('to weigh').

## AI Etymology
Compendium is from Latin compendium ('a saving, abbreviation', literally 'that which is weighed together'), from compendere ('to weigh together'), from com- ('together') + pendere ('to weigh'). Important recorded forms include compendium (Latin) and pendere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a concise but comprehensive summary of a subject. The wider family includes derived forms such as compendious and related words such as compendious, dispense, and pendant.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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