Usually means: Collection of selected literary works.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. anthology: Merriam-Webster
  2. anthology: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. anthology: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. anthology: Collins English Dictionary
  5. anthology: Vocabulary.com
  6. Anthology, anthology: Wordnik
  7. anthology: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. anthology: Wiktionary
  9. anthology: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. anthology: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. anthology: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Anthology, anthology: Dictionary.com
  13. anthology: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. anthology: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. Anthology: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. anthology: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. anthology: Rhymezone
  19. anthology: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. anthology: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. anthology: FreeDictionary.org
  22. anthology: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. anthology: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. anthology: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. anthology: Merriam-Webster

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  2. ANTHOLOGY: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. anthology: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. anthology: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
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Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. anthology: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. anthology: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
▸ noun:  (attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another.
▸ noun:  (by extension) An assortment of things.
▸ noun:  The study of flowers.

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polyanthea, anthologization, potpourri, anthem, poetry, antiepic, antiliterature, antipoem, poem, legend, more...

Opposite:
monograph, single-author, single-volume

Types:
short story, poetry, essay, novel, memoir, play, more...

Phrases:
Greek Anthology, poetry anthology, palatine anthology, patristic anthology, The Dark Pictures Anthology, more...

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first, excellent, recent, present, critical, useful, comprehensive, greek, annual, volume, important

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Similar:
polyanthea, anthologization, potpourri, anthem, poetry, antiepic, antiliterature, antipoem, poem, legend, more...

Opposite:
monograph, single-author, single-volume

Types:
short story, poetry, essay, novel, memoir, play, more...

Phrases:
Greek Anthology, poetry anthology, palatine anthology, patristic anthology, The Dark Pictures Anthology, Anthology series, Disney anthology television series, Metal Slug Anthology, Anthology 1, Anthology 2, more...

Adjectives:
first, excellent, recent, present, critical, useful, comprehensive, greek, annual, volume, important

Colors:
    sepia,     burgundy,     olive,     charcoal,     indigo, more...



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