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compendiums

/kəmˈpɛn.di.əmz/

compendiums is the plural of compendium.

Meaning of compendium

Noun

compendium (plural compendiums or compendia)

  1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.
  2. A list or collection of various items.
    • It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.2008, Caroline Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess, page 157
    1. A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
    2. (pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.

Forms of compendiums

alternative formcompendia

Questions about compendiums

What is compendiums the plural of?
Compendiums is the plural of compendium.
How do you pronounce compendiums?
Compendiums is pronounced /kəmˈpɛn.di.əmz/.

Words near compendiums in the dictionary

  1. compendiated
  2. compendious
  3. compendiously
  4. compendiousness
  5. compendium
  6. compendiums
  7. compends
  8. compenetrate
  9. compenetrates
  10. compensability
  11. compensable

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