compile
verb /kəmˈpaɪl/
/kəmˈpaɪl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they compile | /kəmˈpaɪl/ /kəmˈpaɪl/ |
| he / she / it compiles | /kəmˈpaɪlz/ /kəmˈpaɪlz/ |
| past simple compiled | /kəmˈpaɪld/ /kəmˈpaɪld/ |
| past participle compiled | /kəmˈpaɪld/ /kəmˈpaɪld/ |
| -ing form compiling | /kəmˈpaɪlɪŋ/ /kəmˈpaɪlɪŋ/ |
- compile something to produce a book, list, report, etc. by bringing together different items, articles, songs, etc.; to collect information in order to produce a book, list, etc.
- We are trying to compile a list of suitable people for the job.
- The album was compiled from live recordings from last year's tour.
- The figures were compiled from a survey of 2 000 schoolchildren.
- compile something (computing) to translate instructions from one computer language into another so that a particular computer can understand them
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French compiler or its apparent source, Latin compilare ‘plunder or plagiarize’.