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com·pile  (km-pl)
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. Computer Science To translate (a program) into machine language.

[Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, probably from Latin complre, to plunder : com-, com- + pla, heap (of stones), pillar.]

compile [kəmˈpaɪl]
vb (tr)
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. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing to create (a set of machine instructions) from a high-level programming language, using a compiler
[from Latin compīlāre to pile together, plunder, from com- together + pīlāre to thrust down, pack]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.compilecompile - get or gather together; "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"
run up - pile up (debts or scores)
corral - collect or gather; "corralling votes for an election"
collect, pull in - get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
scrape up, scrape, scratch, come up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
chunk, lump - put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants"
bale - make into a bale; "bale hay"
catch - take in and retain; "We have a big barrel to catch the rainwater"
fund - accumulate a fund for the discharge of a recurrent liability; "fund a medical care plan"
fund - place or store up in a fund for accumulation
salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
2.compile - put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
cobble together, cobble up - put together hastily
anthologise, anthologize - compile an anthology
catalog, catalogue - make a catalogue, compile a catalogue; "She spends her weekends cataloguing"
make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"
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
make - make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones"

compile
verb put together, collect, gather, organize, accumulate, marshal, garner, amass, cull, anthologize The anthology took ten years to compile.
Translations
compile [kəmˈpaɪl] VT [+ list, catalogue] → compilar(also Comput); [+ information] → recopilar

compile [kəmˈpaɪl] vt [+ report, book, programme] → compiler; [+ dictionary] → compiler, rédiger; [+ list, register] → dresser; [+ figures, statistics] → compiler, rassembler

compile
vtzusammenstellen, erstellen (form); materialsammeln, zusammentragen; dictionaryverfassen; (Comput) → kompilieren

compile [kəmˈpaɪl] vtcompilare
compile [kəmˈpaɪl] vtcompilare

compile
v compile [kəmˈpail]
to make (a book, table etc) from information collected from other books etc He compiled a French dictionary. saamstel, versamel يَجْمَع، يُؤَلِّف съставям sestavit redigere; samle; kompilere zusammenstellen συντάσσω κτ. συλλέγοντας στοιχεία compilar koostama, kompileerima گردآوری کردن laatia composer (par compilation) לְלָקֵט וְלַעֲרוֹך संकलन करना, संग्रह करना sastaviti, povaditi iz, kompilirati (meg)szerkeszt mengumpulkan safna/taka saman compilare 編集する 편찬하다 sudaryti, kompiliuoti kompilēt; vākt menyusun samenstellen samle, plukke sammen, utarbeide opracowywać, kompilować compilar a compila составлять zostaviť sestaviti (iz več virov) sastaviti ställa samman, utarbeta รวบรวม derlemek, bir araya getirmek 編纂,彙編 компілювати; укладати biên soạn
n compilation [kompiˈleiʃən]
samestelling; versameling جَمْع، تَجْميع، تأليف съставяне sestavení redigering; samling; kompilation die Zusammenstellung σύνταξη, συλλογή compilación, recopilación koostamine, kompilatsioon گردآوری؛ تدوین laatiminen, kokoelma compilation אוֹסֶף संकलन kompilacija összeállítás kumpulan söfnun, samantekt compilazione 編集 편집 sudarymas, kompiliacija kompilācija; kompilēšana susunan samenstelling (inn)samling, samlearbeid opracowanie, kompilacja compilação compilare составление zostavenie kompilacija kompilacija sammanställning การรวบรวม derleme, derleme eser 彙編, 編纂 компіляція; упорядкування تالیف sự biên soạn ,
n comˈpiler
samesteller مُؤَلِّف، جامِع съставител kompilátor, sestavitel redaktør; kompilator der/die Bearbeiter(in) συντάκτης (λεξικού κτλ.) compilador koostaja گردآورنده laatija compilateur/-trice אוֹסֶף וּמחַבֵּר संकलनकर्त्ता kompilator szerkesztő penyusun þÿðandi (í tölvutækni) compilatore 編集者 편집자 sudarytojas, kompiliatorius sastādītājs; kompilators penyusun samensteller innsamler autor opracowania compilador compilator составитель kompilátor, -ka sestavljalec; prepisovalec sastavljač kompilator ผู้แปล derleyici 編纂者 компілятор; укладач مؤلف người biên soạn


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