compilation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
    digest.
  2. noun the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)
    compiling.
    • the job of compiling the inventory took several hours

WordNet

Com"pi*la"tion noun
Etymology
L. compilatio: cf. F. compilation.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
  2. That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
    His [Goldsmith's] compilations are widely distinguished from the compilations of ordinary bookmakers. Macaulay.

Webster 1913