compile

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/kəmˈpaɪl/

verb 5noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

different, next

She compiled different sources of information to write her research paper.

VERB + COMPILE

books, program, tried

She tried to compile all the research data before the deadline.

COMPILE + NOUN

corpus, dictionary, essay, ideas

The linguists compiled a massive corpus of spoken English from interviews across the country.

PREP.

on, until

The research team compiled data on customer feedback from the past five years.

Definitions

verb

To make by gathering pieces from various sources.

Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.

So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational.

To construct; to build.

Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]

To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.

Steve Davis compiled a 147.

To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.

To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.

noun

An act of compiling code.

[…] programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.

Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — put together out of existing material

compose

verb — get or gather together

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.

Wiktionary

Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]

Wiktionary

[…] programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.

Wiktionary

Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile.

Wiktionary

I have tried to compile the ideas that you proposed prior to the meeting, so that we can use them as the base for the discussion.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, compile is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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