noun
anthology
an-THAH-luh-jee/ænˈθɑːlədʒi/
A collection of separate creative works presented together.
The anthology brings selected works from several volumes into one collection.
Etymology
An anthology is literally a “flower-gathering”: selected poems were imagined as flowers gathered into a collection. That literary image extends naturally to collections of other selected writings.
In context
I'll read a poem of mine from the anthology and then a few other poems as well
More examples
- She edited an anthology of short fiction.
- The film anthology presents five separate stories.
- The class read selections from the anthology.
Forms
anthology · anthologies
Similar words
- collection
- Collection is general; anthology assembles separate creative works, often selected from multiple sources.
- compilation
- Compilation gathers material of any kind; anthology usually contains creative or literary works.