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anthology

[ an-thol-uh-jee ]

noun

, plural an·thol·o·gies.
  1. a book or other collection of selected writings by various authors, usually in the same literary form, of the same period, or on the same subject:

    an anthology of Elizabethan drama; an anthology of modern philosophy.

  2. a collection of selected writings by one author.


anthology

/ ˌænθəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; ænˈθɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. a collection of literary passages or works, esp poems, by various authors
  2. any printed collection of literary pieces, songs, works of art, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • anˈthologist, noun
  • anthological, adjective
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Other Words From

  • an·tho·log·i·cal [an-th, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
  • antho·logi·cal·ly adverb
  • an·tholo·gist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anthology1

First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin anthologia, from Greek: “collection of poems,” literally, “gathering of flowers,” from anthológ(os) “flower-gathering” ( antho- antho- + -logos, adjective derivative of légein “to gather, recount, say, speak”) + -ia -ia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anthology1

C17: from Medieval Latin anthologia, from Greek, literally: a flower gathering, from anthos flower + legein to collect
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Example Sentences

My earliest memory of Rivers comes from an anthology comedy album that was passed down to me as a boy.

Edim’s first book, “Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves,” is an anthology of writing by Black authors answering the question “When did you first see yourself in literature?”

The anthology album, the first physical copies since the album started streaming, will include four bonus acoustic songs and will be available for the first time in those formats.

King has now revealed he has been putting together a new anthology of classic Hairy Bikers recipes and added that "there are a few new projects on the horizon".

From BBC

With glass front-facing windows and raw wooden bookshelves, the store is filled with anything from graphic novels and picture books to poetry anthologies and adult novels — a new venture for the duo.

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