compendium
Roget category 596
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means
#596.
Compendium
noun
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.
verb
abridge,
abstract,
epitomize,
summarize —
make an abstract,
prepare an abstract,
draw an abstract,
compile an abstract
etc.
n..
recapitulate,
review,
skim,
run over,
sum up.
abbreviate
etc.
(shorten)
201 —
condense
etc.
(compress)
195 —
compile
etc.
(collect)
72.
adjective
compendious,
synoptic,
analectic† —
abrege [Fr.],
abridged
etc.
v. —
variorum†.
adverb
in short,
in epitome,
in substance,
in few words.
phrase
it lies in a nutshell.
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