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View usage for: (kəmpaɪl) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense compiles, present participle compiling, past tense, past participle compiledverbWhen you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information. Councils were required to compile a register of all adults living in their areas. [VERB noun] The book took 10 years to compile. [VERB noun] A report compiled by the Fed's Philadelphia branch described the economy as weak. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: put together, collect, gather, organize More Synonyms of compile compilation (kɒmpɪleɪʃən) uncountable noun The compilation of DNA data needs to be weighed against the crimes solved as a result. compile in British English (kəmˈpaɪl) 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 Word origin C14: from Latin compīlāre to pile together, plunder, from com- together + pīlāre to thrust down, pack compile in American English (kəmˈpaɪl) verb transitiveWord forms: comˈpiled or comˈpiling1. 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 Word origin ME compilen < OFr compiler < L compilare, to snatch together, plunder < com-, together + pilare, to compress, ram down Examples of 'compile' in a sentencecompile That list was obviously compiled by an imposter.An impossible list to compile.Yes, really - it has compiled a list of purchasing trends by nationality.One might ask why it took a decade to compile the report.The information used in compiling the index is derived from a small panel of banks.His book is an exuberant celebration of the efforts to compile information through the ages.He now wanted to compile information on householders and the websites they visited.Lancashire police reported that it could not produce figures because it would take too long to compile a list.The changes are outlined in a report compiled after consultation between the four exam boards and hundreds of university lecturers.The unit is compiling intelligence to produce the capital's first database of gang members.Local media recently quoted the unsettling research of a Chinese company that compiles data on social networking.You'll soon be able to compile a list of your own personal culprits.He would delight in compiling lists of freshly found pro-European facts to fire off at his opponents.Some years ago, a friend told me she was thinking of compiling a book of regrets.With that in our minds, we compiled the list of who we think is the best dressed.I am marrying this year and face the prospect of compiling a gift list.Then she compiled her report.I think it is about time we set about compiling a book of records that better reflect these strange and troubled times.That's one way of compiling a list of the country's most evil people.She headed the list compiled by celebrity earnings experts, despite collecting just 150 a week before finding fame.Being insulted by your interviewee I am thinking of compiling a small book of insults from my yearsof interviewing the famous. In other languagescompile British English: compile VERB When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information. Councils were required to compile a register of all adults living in their areas. - American English: compile
- Brazilian Portuguese: compilar
- Chinese: 汇编
- European Spanish: recopilar
- French: compiler
- German: zusammenstellen
- Italian: compilare
- Japanese: 編集する
- Korean: 편찬하다
- European Portuguese: compilar
- Latin American Spanish: recopilar
Definition to collect and arrange (information) from various sources The anthology took ten years to compile. Seeglean |