compile
verb (used with object)
to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
was compiling
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past progressiveof compile.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She had gathered Perez’s father’s name and date of birth and wrote it into a notebook in which she was compiling the names of all those taken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
They were 100 runs short in their first innings after enjoying the advantage of winning the toss, then they drifted through the second day as Saud Shakeel was compiling a vital century.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2024
According to the Times account, Moïse was compiling a dossier of traffickers’ names that he planned to share with the U.S. government.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2021
But when I was compiling my “Collected Poems,” the entire trajectory of my artistic life was laid out before me: I couldn’t avoid it.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2021
We had a great interest in that book," said Elinor smiling, "for he was compiling it when he boarded with us last summer.
From Miss Pat at School by Pemberton Ginther
