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(kəmpaɪl)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense compiles, present participle compiling, past tense, past participle compiled
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. [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 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
Word origin
ME compilen < OFr compiler < L compilare, to snatch together, plunder < com-, together + pilare, to compress, ram down

Examples of 'compile' in a sentence
compile

That list was obviously compiled by an imposter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
An impossible list to compile.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Yes, really - it has compiled a list of purchasing trends by nationality.
The Sun (2016)
One might ask why it took a decade to compile the report.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The information used in compiling the index is derived from a small panel of banks.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His book is an exuberant celebration of the efforts to compile information through the ages.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He now wanted to compile information on householders and the websites they visited.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Lancashire police reported that it could not produce figures because it would take too long to compile a list.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The changes are outlined in a report compiled after consultation between the four exam boards and hundreds of university lecturers.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The unit is compiling intelligence to produce the capital's first database of gang members.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Local media recently quoted the unsettling research of a Chinese company that compiles data on social networking.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You'll soon be able to compile a list of your own personal culprits.
Westcott, Patsy Alternative Health Care for Women (1991)
He would delight in compiling lists of freshly found pro-European facts to fire off at his opponents.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some years ago, a friend told me she was thinking of compiling a book of regrets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
With that in our minds, we compiled the list of who we think is the best dressed.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I am marrying this year and face the prospect of compiling a gift list.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Then she compiled her report.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I think it is about time we set about compiling a book of records that better reflect these strange and troubled times.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That's one way of compiling a list of the country's most evil people.
The Sun (2012)
She headed the list compiled by celebrity earnings experts, despite collecting just 150 a week before finding fame.
The Sun (2011)
Being insulted by your interviewee I am thinking of compiling a small book of insults from my yearsof interviewing the famous.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
compile

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

(verb) 
Definition
to collect and arrange (information) from various sources
The anthology took ten years to compile.
Synonyms
put together
collect
Two young girls were collecting firewood.
gather
She started gathering up her things.
organize
We need someone to help organize our campaign.
accumulate
Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
marshal
The government marshalled its economic resources.
garner
His priceless collection of Chinese art was garnered over three decades.
amass
We didn't enquire as to how she had amassed her fortune.
cull
All this information had been culled from radio reports.
anthologize
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