| Main Entry: | compendium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
Synonyms: |
abstract, aperçu, brief, conspectus, digest, epitome, essence, guide, handbook, manual, overview, pandect, précis, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, sylloge |
| Concept: | Compendium. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; written language |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo, analysis, pandect, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu (aperçu), draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus., album; scrapbook, notebook, memorandum book, commonplace book; extracts, excerpta, cuttings; fugitive pieces, fugitive writing; spicilegium, flowers, anthology, collectanea, analecta; compilation., recapitulation, resume, review., abbreviation, abbreviature; contraction; shortening; compression.
-verbs
abridge, abstract, epitomize, summarize; make an abstract, prepare an abstract, draw an abstract, compile an abstract., recapitulate, review, skim, run over, sum up., abbreviate (shorten); condense (compress); compile (collect).
-adjectives
compendious, synoptic, analectic; abrege, abridged; variorum.
-adverbs
in short, in epitome, in substance, in few words.
-phrases
it lies in a nutshell.
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| Main Entry: | abbreviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something shortened |
Synonyms: |
abridgement, abstract, abstraction, clipping, compendium, compression, condensation, contraction, digest, outline, precis, reduction, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
augmentation, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase |
| Main Entry: | abridgement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortening, summary |
Synonyms: |
abbreviation, abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, cutting, decrease, digest, diminishment, diminution, lessening, outline, precis, reducing, reduction, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
addition, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase, lengthening, padding |
| Main Entry: | abstract |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short document prepared from a longer one |
Synonyms: |
abridgment, brief, compendium, condensation, conspectus, digest, outline, précis, résumé, summary, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
document, manuscript |
| Main Entry: | anthology |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | literary collection |
Synonyms: |
album, analect, compendium, compilation, digest, garland, omnibus, selection, treasury |
| Main Entry: | book |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | published document |
Synonyms: |
album, atlas, bestseller, bible, booklet, brochure, codex, compendium, copy, dictionary, dissertation, edition, encyclopedia, essay, fiction, folio, handbook, hardcover, leaflet, lexicon, magazine, manual, monograph, nonfiction, novel, octavo, offprint, omnibus, opus, opuscule, pamphlet, paperback, periodical, portfolio, preprint, primer, publication, quarto, reader, reprint, roll, scroll, softcover, speller, text, textbook, thesaurus, tome, tract, treatise, vade mecum, volume, work, writing |
| Main Entry: | catalog/catalogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written or printed matter featuring a selection of objects |
Synonyms: |
archive, brief, bulletin, calendar, cartulary, charts, classification, compendium, directory, docket, draft, enumeration, gazette, gazetteer, hit list, index, inventory, list, prospectus, record, register, roll, roster, schedule, slate, specification, syllabus, synopsis, table |
| Main Entry: | condensation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
Synonyms: |
abstract, boildown, breviary, brief, compendium, compression, concentration, consolidation, conspectus, contraction, curtailment, digest, epitome, essence, précis, reduction, summary, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
unabridgment |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgement of something written |
Synonyms: |
abstract, aperçu, brief, compendium, condensation, epitome, pandect, précis, résumé, short form, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, sylloge, synopsis |
Antonyms: |
unabridgement |