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- Dictionarycompile/kəmˈpʌɪl/
verb
- 1. produce (a list or book) by assembling information collected from other sources: "the local authority must compile a list of the names and addresses of taxpayers"
- 2. convert (a program) into a machine-code or lower-level form in which the program can be executed: "this allows you to create programs and compile them"
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The meaning of COMPILE is to compose out of materials from other documents. How to use compile in a sentence.
COMPILE definition: 1. to collect information from different places and arrange it in a book, report, or list: 2. to…. Learn more.
When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information. Councils were required to compile a register of all adults living in their areas.
1. to make or compose from other materials or sources: to compile a list of names. 3. (Computer Science) computing to create (a set of machine instructions) from a high-level programming language, using a compiler.
COMPILE meaning: 1. to collect information from different places and arrange it in a book, report, or list: 2. to…. Learn more.
compile something (computing) to translate instructions from one computer language into another so that a particular computer can understand them. Definition of compile verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
COMPILE meaning: to collect information and arrange it in a book, report, or list. Learn more.
When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information.
When you compile something, like a recipe-book or a mix-tape, you put it together using things that already exist (recipes, songs).
To collect, gather, and assemble information or data from various sources in order to create a single document, list, or other organized resource. "The editor will compile articles and images to create the magazine layout."
