compile

Definition of Compile in English :

Verb

1. accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up

get or gather together

Example Sentences:
'I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife'
'She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis'
'She rolled up a small fortune'

2. compile, compose

put together out of existing material

Example Sentences:
'compile a list'

compose

3. compile

use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Compile

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verb (transitive)

1.

to make or compose from other materials or sources

to compile a list of names

2.

to collect or gather for a book, hobby, etc

3. computing

to create (a set of machine instructions) from a high-level programming language, using a compiler

Compile

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verb transitiveWord forms: comˈpiled or comˈpiling

1.

to gather and put together (statistics, facts, etc.) in an orderly form

2.

to compose (a book, etc.) of materials gathered from various sources

3.

to translate (a computer program, instruction, etc. in a high-level language) into machine language

said of a compiler program

Compile

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tr.v. com·piled, com·pil·ing, com·piles

1. To gather into a single book.

2. To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources: compile an encyclopedia.

3. Computers To translate (a program) into machine language.

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