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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pile /kəmˈpaɪl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -piled, -pil•ing. - to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work from materials taken from various sources:to compile data.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pile (kəm pīl′),USA pronunciation v.t., -piled, -pil•ing. - to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
- to make (a book, writing, or the like) of materials from various sources:to compile an anthology of plays; to compile a graph showing changes in profit.
- to gather together:to compile data.
- Computingto translate (a computer program) from a high-level language into another language, usually machine language, using a compiler.
- Latin compīlāre to rob, pillage, steal from another writer, equivalent. to com- com- + -pīlāre, perh. akin to pīla column, pier, pile1, pīlāre to fix firmly, plant (hence, pile up, accumulate)
- Middle English 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: compile /kəmˈpaɪl/ vb (transitive)- to make or compose from other materials or sources: to compile a list of names
- to collect or gather for a book, hobby, etc
- to create (a set of machine instructions) from a high-level programming language, using a compiler
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin compīlāre to pile together, plunder, from com- together + pīlāre to thrust down, pack |