compendium
[noun]
Synonyms: aperçu, digest, pandect, précis, sketch, survey, syllabus, sylloge, handbook, Baedeker, enchiridion, guide, guidebook, manual, vade mecum

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Contrasted words: elaboration, expansion
Related Words: abridgment, abstract, brief, conspectus, epitome, overview

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com‧pen‧di‧um /kəmˈpendiəm/ noun (plural compendiums or compendia /-diə/) [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: Latin compendere 'to weigh together', from com- ( ⇒ COM-) + pendere 'to weigh']

1. formal a book that contains a complete collection of facts, drawings etc on a particular subject:
a cricketing compendium

2. British English a set of different board games in a box

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