Associations to the word «Compilation»

Wiktionary

COMPILATION, noun. (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
COMPILATION, noun. (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
COMPILATION, noun. (uncountable) (computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

Dictionary definition

COMPILATION, noun. Something that is compiled (as into a single book or file).
COMPILATION, noun. The act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours".

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
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