Definition of Compile

1. Verb. Get or gather together. "They compile the money in the closet"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

Exact synonyms: Accumulate, Amass, Collect, Hoard, Pile Up, Roll Up
Specialized synonyms: Run Up, Corral, Collect, Pull In, Come Up, Scrape, Scrape Up, Scratch, Chunk, Lump, Bale, Catch, Fund, Fund
Generic synonyms: Hive Away, Lay In, Put In, Salt Away, Stack Away, Stash Away, Store
Derivative terms: Accumulation, Accumulation, Accumulative, Accumulative, Collecting, Collection, Compilation, Compilation

2. Verb. Put together out of existing material. "Compile a list"
Exact synonyms: Compose
Specialized synonyms: Cobble Together, Cobble Up, Anthologise, Anthologize, Catalog, Catalogue
Generic synonyms: Make
Derivative terms: Compilation, Compilation, Compiler, Compiling, Compositor

3. Verb. Use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed.
Generic synonyms: Make
Derivative terms: Compilation, Compiler

Definition of Compile

1. v. t. To put together; to construct; to build.

Definition of Compile

1. to collect into a volume [v -PILED, -PILING, -PILES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compile

competitive
competitively
competitiveness
competitive antagonist
competitive behaviour
competitive bidding
competitive binding assay
competitive inhibition
competitive medical plans
competitor
competitors
competitory
competitor DNA
compilation
compilations
compile (current term)
compiled
compiler
compilers
compiles
compiling
compiling program
comping
compings
compital
complacence
complacences
complacencies
complacency
complacent

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