anthologise

Thân thiện

The editor decided to anthologise the best short stories of the decade.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To compile an anthology: To select and gather various pieces of writing, music, or other works into a published collection.

Usage

• The verb "anthologise" describes the action of an editor or compiler creating an anthology. It is a transitive verb, typically followed by the object being collected (e.g., poems, stories).
• It is primarily used in British English. The more common spelling in American English is "anthologize."

Examples

• Verb:
  • The professor decided to anthologise the most significant postwar poetry.
  • Her life's work was to anthologise folk tales from across the region.
  • Several of his short stories have been anthologised in prestigious collections.

Advanced Usage

• Passive Voice: Often used in the passive voice to indicate that a work has been included in an anthology.
  • Her early essays were widely anthologised in literary textbooks.

Variants and Related Words

• Anthologize (verb): The American English spelling of "anthologise."
• Anthology (noun): A published collection of poems, stories, songs, or other works by various authors.
  • He bought an anthology of 20th-century American short stories.
• Anthologist (noun): A person who compiles an anthology.

Synonyms

• Compile: To collect and arrange (materials) into a list, book, or report.
• Collect: To bring together works or items.
• Assemble: To fit together the parts of; to gather together in a single group.

Antonyms

• Disperse: To distribute or spread over a wide area.
• Scatter: To throw loosely about; to separate and go in different directions.

Học thuật

Verb

1. compile an anthology

Từ đồng nghĩa

• anthologize