compile

Academic Word List, sublist 10.

About 2.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make by gathering pieces from various sources.

   Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.

2. verb To construct; to build.
3. verb To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.

   Steve Davis compiled a 147.

4. verb To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

   After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.

5. verb To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

   There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.

6. verb To contain or comprise.
7. verb To write; to compose.
8. noun An act of compiling code.

Similar words

compose collect amass accumulate hoard pile up assemble build fabricate collection

Often followed by

a the and time an this it your information

Word family

compilation compilations compiled compiles compiling