Compilation Definition

kŏmpə-lāshən
compilations
noun
compilations
The act of compiling.
Webster's New World
Something compiled, as a report.
Webster's New World
In copyright law, an assemblage of data or preexisting literacy works that is selected and arranged in such a way that it results in an original work of authorship.
Webster's New World Law
A collection of updated statutes that have been rearranged to make their use more convenient.
Webster's New World Law
(uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
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Other Word Forms of Compilation

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compilation
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compilations

Origin of Compilation

  • Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”)

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Compilation Sentence Examples

  • Skeat's Malay Magic (London, 1900) is a compilation of all the writings on the subject of Malay superstitions by the best authorities and contains considerable original matter.

  • The following year Ranzani of Bologna, in his Elementi di zoologia - a very respectable compilation - came to treat of birds, and then followed to some extent the plan of De Blainville and Merrem (concerning which much more has to be said by and by), placing the Struthious birds in an Order by themselves.

  • From this it would appear that the documents were merely materials collected from various sources and possibly with a view to the compilation of a homogeneous law.

  • Various additions are appended to this compilation, and there are still further additional notes.

  • The archbishop did much of the work of compilation personally.

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