Compile

/kəmˈpaɪl/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To make by gathering pieces from various sources..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
2. (obsolete) To construct; to build.
3. (transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
4. (transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
5. (intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.
7. (obsolete) To write; to compose.
8. (programming) An act of compiling code.

Example Sentences

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

So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational.

Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]

Steve Davis compiled a 147.

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

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

After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile.

They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice

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• compiles
• compiling
• compiled

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