English-Thai Dictionary

compend

N บทสรุป  บทคัดย่อ  compendium abridgment bod-sa-rob

 

compendious

ADJ สั้น และ ชัดเจน  concise inclusive san-lae-chad-jen

 

compendiously

ADV อย่างย่อๆ  อย่าง สรุป  concisely inclusively yang-yor-yor

 

compendium

N บทสรุป  บทคัดย่อ  compend abridgment bod-sa-rob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPEND, COMPENDIUM

n.In literature, an abridgment; a summary; an epitome; a brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system.

 

COMPENDIARIOUS

a.Short; contracted.

 

COMPENDIATE

v.t.To sum or collect together.

 

COMPENDIOUS

a. 1. Short; summary; abridged; comprehensive; containing the substance or general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compas; as a compendious system of chimistry; a compendious grammar.
2. Short; direct; near; not circuitous; as a compendious way to acquire science.

 

COMPENDIOUSLY

adv. In a short or brief; in epitome. The substance of christian belief is compendiously expressed in a few articles.

 

COMPENDIOUSNESS

n.Shortness; brevity; comprehension in a narrow compass.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPEND

COMPEND Com "pend, n.

 

Defn: A compendium; an epitome; a summary. A compend and recapitulation of the Mosaical law. Bp. Burnet.

 

COMPENDIARIOUS

Com *pen `di *a "ri *ous, a. Etym: [L. compendiarius.]

 

Defn: Short; compendious. [Obs. ] Bailey.

 

COMPENDIATE

Com *pen "di *ate, v. t. Etym: [L. compendiatus, p. p. of compendiare to shorten, fr. compendium. ]

 

Defn: To sum or collect together. [Obs. ] Bp. King.

 

COMPENDIOUS

Com *pen "di *ous, a. Etym: [L. compendiosus.]

 

Defn: Containing the substance oe general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized. More compendious and exeditious ways. Woodward. Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority --that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.

 

Syn. -- Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.

 

COMPENDIOUSLY

COMPENDIOUSLY Com *pen "di *ous *ly, dv.

 

Defn: In a compendious manner. Compendiously exressed by the word chaos. Bentley.

 

COMPENDIOUSNESS

COMPENDIOUSNESS Com *pen "di *ous *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being compendious.

 

COMPENDIUM

Com *pen "di *um, n.; pl. E. Compendiums, L. Compendia. Etym: [L.compendium that which is wieghed, saved, or shortened, a short way, fr. compendere to weigh; com- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, and cf. Compend. ]

 

Defn: A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary. A short system or compendium of a sience. I. Watts.

 

Syn. -- See Abridgment.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

compendious

com pen di ous |kəmˈpendēəs kəmˈpɛndiəs | ▶adjective formal containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way: a compendious study. DERIVATIVES com pen di ous ly adverb, com pen di ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus ‘advantageous, brief, ’ from compendium ‘profit, saving, abbreviation. ’

 

compendium

com pen di um |kəmˈpendēəm kəmˈpɛndiəm | ▶noun ( pl. compendiums or compendia |-dēə | ) a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, esp. in a book or other publication. • a collection of things, esp. one systematically gathered: the program is a compendium of outtakes from our archives. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin, ‘profit, saving ’ (literally ‘what is weighed together ’), from compendere, from com- ‘together ’ + pendere ‘weigh. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

compendious

com |pen ¦di |ous |kəmˈpɛndɪəs | ▶adjective formal containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way: a compendious study. DERIVATIVES compendiously adverb, compendiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French compendieux, from Latin compendiosus ‘advantageous, brief ’, from compendium ‘profit, saving, abbreviation ’.

 

compendium

com |pen ¦dium |kəmˈpɛndɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. compendiums or compendia |-dɪə | ) a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication. • a collection or set of similar items. • a package of stationery for writing letters. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin, ‘profit, saving ’ (literally ‘what is weighed together ’), from compendere, from com- ‘together ’ + pendere ‘weigh ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

compendious

compendious adjective formal a compendious essay on Italian music: succinct, pithy, short and to the point, concise, compact, condensed, compressed, abridged, summarized, synoptic, capsule; informal snappy. ANTONYMS expanded.

 

compendium

compendium noun a compendium of Civil War narratives: collection, compilation, anthology, treasury, digest; summary, synopsis, précis, outline.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

compendious

compendious adjective a compendious essay on Italian music: succinct, pithy, short and to the point, short and sweet, potted, thumbnail, brief, crisp, compact, concise, condensed, shortened, contracted, compressed, abridged, abbreviated, summarized, summary, abstracted; in a nutshell, in a few well-chosen words; informal snappy; rare lapidary, epigrammatic, synoptic, aphoristic, gnomic. ANTONYMS rambling; expanded.

 

compendium

compendium noun a compendium of useful information about language: collection, compilation, anthology, treasury, digest; summary, synopsis, precis, résumé, outline, summarization, round-up, summing-up; companion, handbook, manual; Latin vade mecum; rare conspectus, summa, epitome.

 

French Dictionary

compendium

compendium n. m. nom masculin didactique Abrégé. : Des compendiums médicaux. Prononciation Attention à la prononciation, [kɔ̃pɛ̃djɔm ]

 

Spanish Dictionary

compendiar

compendiar verbo transitivo 1 Reducir un tratado a compendio :los grandes eruditos y filólogos habían copiado a veces los libros de sus bibliotecas y se dedicaban de forma permanente a leer, estudiar, revisar, confrontar, corregir, anotar y compendiar los que poseían .2 Ser [una cosa ] la expresión breve de lo que se expresa o contener lo que se expresa en sí :si una palabra pudiera compendiar la opinión que la mayoría de los investigadores tienen de dicha centuria, esta sería la de reforma . Conjugación [12 ] como cambiar .

 

compendio

compendio nombre masculino 1 Resumen breve, conciso y sustancial de una materia amplia :ha publicado un brillante compendio de gran parte de la historia reciente del cine mexicano .SINÓNIMO breviario .2 Persona o cosa que reúne en sí misma el conjunto de las cualidades, características o rasgos de otras :la circunstancia de que este actor sea el protagonista radica en la imagen que de él se ofrece, compendio de todas las frustraciones, represiones y anhelos del hombre de los años 60; la ópera se convirtió en el compendio de todas las manifestaciones artísticas .

 

compendioso, -sa

compendioso, -sa adjetivo 1 Que está, se escribe o se dice en compendio .2 Que reúne o engloba resumidamente muchas cosas :la publicación reúne la más compendiosa doctrina cristiana en lengua castellana .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

compendious

com pen di ous /kəmpéndiəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠簡潔な, 簡にして要を得た .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞

 

compendium

com pen di um /kəmpéndiəm /名詞 複 ～s, -dia /-diə /C 1 要約 ; 概説, 概論 .2 ｟英 ｠卓上ゲームのセット .