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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kom-puh-ley-shuhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm pəˈleɪ ʃən

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Définition of compilation

Origin :
  • early 15c., "that which is compiled," also "action of compiling," from Middle French compilation, from Latin compilationem (nominative compilatio) "a compilation," literally "a pillaging," noun of action from compilare (see compile).
  • noun assemblage
Example sentences :
  • This work is strictly what its title page imports, a compilation.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • There are also many curiosities of compilation in auction catalogues.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • In the publishing world, this is the age of compilation, not of creation.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • Socialists in French Municipalities, a compilation from official reports.
  • Extract from : « The Common Sense of Socialism » by John Spargo
  • This work is largely a compilation of the recollections of his contemporaries.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 » by Various
  • The Athenae Oxonienses then was one source of the compilation.
  • Extract from : « Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II » by Henry Vaughan
  • But when the compilation was complete, there were no similarities at all.
  • Extract from : « Smugglers' Reef » by John Blaine
  • Among students the compilation is generally called the Avesta.
  • Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various
  • It is a compilation, and even as such it leaves much to be desired.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 » by Various
  • The compilation of the Violin-system for the Conservatory was also in part effected by him.
  • Extract from : « The Violin » by George Dubourg
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