compile

[ kuhm-pahyl ]

/ kəmˈpaɪl /

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verb (used with object), com·piled, com·pil·ing.

to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.

to make (a book, writing, or the like) of materials from various sources: to compile an anthology of plays; to compile a graph showing changes in profit.

to gather together: to compile data.

Computers. to translate (a computer program) from a high-level language into another language, usually machine language, using a compiler.

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Origin of compile

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin compīlāre “to rob, pillage, steal from another writer,” equivalent to com- “with” + -pīlāre, perhaps akin to pīla “column, pier,” pīlāre “to fix firmly, plant” (hence, “pile up, accumulate”); see com-, pile¹

OTHER WORDS FROM compile

pre·com·pile, verb (used with object), pre·com·piled, pre·com·pil·ing.re·com·pile, verb (used with object), re·com·piled, re·com·pil·ing.un·com·piled, adjectivewell-com·piled, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for compile

We’ll compile the suggestions and publish the list as we get closer to the holidays.
Extra Crunch roundup: A fistful of IPOs, Affirm’s Peloton problem, Zoom Apps and more|Walter Thompson|November 20, 2020|TechCrunch
There are bound to be some, particularly because cases are skyrocketing — a million new cases nationwide in a week, according to data compiled by The Washington Post.
College football has been battered by covid. What’s most startling is our acceptance.|Barry Svrluga|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
“We continue to move at the speed of science to compile all the data collected thus far and share with regulators around the world,” Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla said in a statement.
Pfizer says its coronavirus vaccine is safe and 95% effective and that it will seek regulatory review within days|Carolyn Y. Johnson, Laurie McGinley|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
The project is a volunteer effort to compile data from state health agencies.
Long lines and delayed results again plague coronavirus tests as Thanksgiving approaches|William Wan|November 18, 2020|Washington Post

To supplement these 5,400 pairs even further, the researchers compiled a second dataset of 20,000 pairs of scientific papers and their titles.
An AI helps you summarize the latest in AI|Karen Hao|November 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
And so we compiled this list through conversations with colleagues and social media crowd-sourcing.
The Best Columns of 2014|John Avlon, Errol Louis|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our young and talented crew was compiled of friends and fellow classmates.
Nitehawk Shorts Festival: ‘Brute,’ a Twisted Take on Playing in the Dark|Julia Grinberg|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was just trying to get better before I compiled some audition.
How Aidy Bryant Stealthily Became Your Favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ Star|Kevin Fallon|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All told, Warmuth said he has compiled a list of more than 1,000 appropriations, or “citations” as he calls them, in Chronicles.
Bob Dylan’s ‘Da Vinci Code’ Revealed|Chris Francescani|May 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Goodwin, an associate professor at Nottingham University, has compiled the first comprehensive study on the rise of Ukip.
Is Britain’s Tea Party Turning Politics Upside Down?|Nico Hines|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the astronomers of Babylonia were priests, and indeed the same priests who compiled the hymns and incantations.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria|Morris Jastrow
They compiled a calendar, in complete accord with the Metonic cycle, which modern science must declare faultless.
Jewish Literature and Other Essays|Gustav Karpeles
Such of their epistles as have been preserved and compiled in the New Testament also bear this witness.
Rays of Living Light on the One Way of Salvation|Charles W. Penrose
Often individual libraries have compiled lists of their own books on various subjects.
Expository Writing|Mervin James Curl
Demand for books of prayers has caused this book to be compiled.
Prayers of the Early Church|Various

British Dictionary definitions for compile

compile

/ (kəmˈpaɪl) /

verb (tr)

to make or compose from other materials or sourcesto compile a list of names

to collect or gather for a book, hobby, etc

computing to create (a set of machine instructions) from a high-level programming language, using a compiler

Word Origin for compile

C14: from Latin compīlāre to pile together, plunder, from com- together + pīlāre to thrust down, pack

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