Compile

Quick meaning: Compile is a verb meaning (transitive) To make by gathering pieces from various sources.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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.

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

Word Forms

• compiles
• compiling
• compiled

Synonyms for compile

Depending on context, synonyms include compose, collect, amass, accumulate, pile up, hoard.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include compose, collect, amass, accumulate, hoard, pile up.

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