compile an encyclopedia

Frequency: 5.02.1 per million words

To collect and arrange information to create an encyclopedia.

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Examples (10)

  • It took a team of experts over a decade to compile this comprehensive encyclopedia.
  • The foundation's main project is to compile an online encyclopedia of endangered species.
  • He was commissioned by the publisher to compile a new encyclopedia of world religions.
  • Compiling an encyclopedia requires rigorous fact-checking and contributions from many authors.
  • Historically, scholars would spend their entire lives helping to compile a single encyclopedia.
  • How does one even begin to compile an encyclopedia covering such a vast subject?
  • The university has secured funding to compile a definitive encyclopedia of local folklore.
  • They are currently compiling a multi-volume encyclopedia on the history of science.
  • If we were to compile an encyclopedia today, it would need to be a digital, constantly updated resource.
  • The ambitious goal was to compile an encyclopedia that summarized all human knowledge at the time.