compile + -ation

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1. the action or process of producing something, especially a list, book, or report, by assembling information collected from other sources: 別の資料から集められた情報を組み合わせて何かを生産する行動や過程。特にリストや本、レポート。

e.g. great care has been taken in the compilation of this guidebook. : このガイドブックの編集には最善の注意を払った

2. a thing, especially a book, record, or broadcast program, that is put together by assembling previously separate items:

e.g. there are thirty-three stories in this compilation | (as modifier) : a compilation album.: この選集には33の物語がある。

comp

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin compilatio(n-), from compilare ‘to plunder’ (see compile).