Definition of COMPILE

compile

Plural: compiles

Verb

Verb Forms: compiled, compiling, compiles

  • To collect and arrange information into a volume or list.
  • get or gather together
  • put together out of existing material
    • "compile a list"
  • use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed
  • To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
  • To construct; to build.
  • To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
  • To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
  • To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
  • To contain or comprise.
  • To write; to compose.

Noun

  • An act of compiling code.

Examples

  • After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.
  • He used a word list to compile a roster of all playable seven-letter words.
  • Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
  • Steve Davis compiled a 147.
  • There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

Synonyms

accumulate, amass, collect, compose, hoard, pile up, roll up

Scrabble Score: 13

compile: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
compile: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
compile: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

compile: valid Words With Friends Word