compilation
noun
[ kɒmpɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or process of producing something, especially a list or book, by assembling information collected from other sources.
• "great care has been taken in the compilation of this guidebook"
• a thing, especially a book, record, or broadcast programme, that is put together by assembling previously separate items.
• "there are thirty-three stories in this compilation"
Similar:
collection,
selection,
anthology,
treasury,
compendium,
album,
corpus,
miscellany,
pot-pourri,
miscellanea,
garland,
ana,
collectanea,
analects,
florilegium,
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compilatio(n- ), from compilare ‘to plunder’ (see compile).
