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/kəmˈpaɪl/
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Australian:
/kəmˈpɑɪl/
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K AH0 M P AY1 L
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An act of compiling code.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
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To construct; to build.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, snooker, sports
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Steve Davis compiled a 147.
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To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.
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To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.
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To contain or comprise.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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To write; to compose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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put together out of existing material
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: compose
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Broader terms: make
Narrower terms: cobble together, cobble up, anthologize, anthologise, catalogue, catalog
use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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get or gather together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis She rolled up a small fortune
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Synonyms: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, hoard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away
Narrower terms: run up, corral, collect, pull in, scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up, lump, chunk, bale, catch, fund
From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
تجميع
— assemble from a collection
Bulgarian :
съби́рам
(sǎbíram)
— assemble from a collection
Bulgarian :
съставям
(sǎstavjam)
— assemble from a collection
Chinese Mandarin :
編撰
(biānzhuàn)
— assemble from a collection
Chinese Mandarin :
彙編 /汇编
(huìbiān)
— assemble from a collection
Danish :
kompilere
— assemble from a collection
Dutch :
samenstellen
— assemble from a collection
Esperanto :
kompili
— assemble from a collection
Finnish :
koota
— assemble from a collection
Finnish :
koostaa
— assemble from a collection
French :
compiler
— assemble from a collection
German :
zusammenstellen
— assemble from a collection
Ancient Greek :
συντάσσω
(suntássō)
— assemble from a collection
Hungarian :
összeállít
— assemble from a collection
Hungarian :
fordít
— assemble from a collection
Irish :
tiomsaigh
— assemble from a collection
Italian :
compilare
— assemble from a collection
Italian :
assemblare
— assemble from a collection
Italian :
predisporre
— assemble from a collection
Italian :
raccogliere
— assemble from a collection
Japanese :
編集する
(henshū suru)
— assemble from a collection
Māori :
whakahiato
— assemble from a collection
Norwegian :
kompilere; sette sammen; samle; utarbeide
— assemble from a collection
Persian :
فراهمیستن
— assemble from a collection
Persian :
ترجمیستن
— assemble from a collection
Polish :
kompilować
— assemble from a collection
Polish :
skompilować
— assemble from a collection
Portuguese :
compilar
— assemble from a collection
Romanian :
alcătui (dintr-o colecție)
— assemble from a collection
Romanian :
compila
— assemble from a collection
Russian :
собира́ть
(sobirátʹ)
— assemble from a collection
Russian :
собра́ть
(sobrátʹ)
— assemble from a collection
Russian :
составля́ть
(sostavljátʹ)
— assemble from a collection
Russian :
соста́вить
(sostávitʹ)
— assemble from a collection
Spanish :
copilar
— assemble from a collection
Spanish :
recopilar
— assemble from a collection
Spanish :
compilar
— assemble from a collection
Swedish :
sammanställa
— assemble from a collection
Swedish :
kompilera
— assemble from a collection
Turkish :
derlemek
— assemble from a collection
Bulgarian :
компилирам
(kompiliram)
— produce executable
Chinese Mandarin :
編譯 /编译
(biānyì)
— produce executable
Czech :
přeložit
— produce executable
Czech :
kompilovat
— produce executable
Dutch :
compileren
— produce executable
Finnish :
kääntää
— produce executable
French :
compiler
— produce executable
German :
kompilieren
— produce executable
Greek :
μεταγλωττίζω
(metaglottízo)
— produce executable
Hebrew :
קימפל
(kimpél)
— produce executable
Irish :
tiomsaigh
— produce executable
Italian :
compilare
— produce executable
Japanese :
コンパイルする
(konpairu suru)
— produce executable
Malagasy :
mandika
— produce executable
Persian :
ترجمیستن
— produce executable
Polish :
kompilować
— produce executable
Polish :
skompilować
— produce executable
Portuguese :
compilar
— produce executable
Romanian :
compila
— produce executable
Russian :
компили́ровать
(kompilírovatʹ)
— produce executable
Russian :
скомпили́ровать
(skompilírovatʹ)
— produce executable
Russian :
откомпили́ровать
(otkompilírovatʹ)
— produce executable
Russian :
собирать
(sobiratʹ)
— produce executable
Russian :
собрать
(sobratʹ)
— produce executable
Spanish :
compilar
— produce executable
Swedish :
kompilera
— produce executable
Turkish :
derlemek
— produce executable
Finnish :
kääntyä
— be successfully processed by a compiler
Greek :
μεταγλωττίζομαι
(metaglottízomai)
— be successfully processed by a compiler
Hebrew :
הִתְקַמְפֵּל
(hitkampél)
— be successfully processed by a compiler
Italian :
compilarsi
— be successfully processed by a compiler
Polish :
kompilować się
— be successfully processed by a compiler
Polish :
skompilować się
— be successfully processed by a compiler
Russian :
компили́роваться
(kompilírovatʹsja)
— be successfully processed by a compiler
Russian :
скомпили́роваться
(skompilírovatʹsja)
— be successfully processed by a compiler
Swedish :
kompilera
— be successfully processed by a compiler