compilation

Academic Word List, sublist 10.

About 3.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
2. noun That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.

   Susie made Jasmine a compilation CD of some of the best songs they'd heard at the festival.

3. noun Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

Similar words

digest compiling compiler collate counting codification composition systematization summing systematisation

Often followed by

of and is from by was in process or

Word family

compilations compile compiled compiles compiling