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compendium

Noun CEFR B2
kəmˈpɛn.di.əm

Definitions

  1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.
  2. A list or collection of various items.
  3. A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
  4. A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.

Equivalents

Españolcompendio
DeutschKompendium
18 more languages
العربيةالخلاصة
Българскирезюме
Catalàcompendi
Esperantokompendio
हिन्दीसमुच्चय
Italianocompendio
日本語大要要約
LatinaPeriocha
Nederlandscompendium
Românăcompendiu
Svenskakompendium
Kiswahilimkusanyiko

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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