A publication containing a variety of works.

synonym: collection.

Roget 195: contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of size etc. 36; defalcation, decrement; lessening, shrinking etc. v.; compaction; tabes^†, collapse, emaciation, attenuation, tabefaction^†, consumption, marasmus^†, atrophy; systole, neck, hourglass.    condensation, compression, compactness; compendium etc. 596; squeezing etc. v.; strangulation; corrugation; astringency; astringents, sclerotics; contractility, compressibility; coarctation^†.    inferiority in size.    ... show more

Roget 596: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo [Lat.], analysis, pandect^†, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.    album; scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book; extracts, excerpta^†, cuttings; fugitive pieces, fugitive writing; spicilegium^†, flowers, anthology, collectanea^†, analecta^†; compilation.    recapitulation, resume, review.    abbreviation, abbreviature^†; contraction; shortening etc. 201; compression etc. 195.    ... show more

Dutch: bundel
Polish: zbiór

A concise but comprehensive summary of a larger work.

Dutch: compendium