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Meaning of "compile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMPILE

From Latin compīlāre to pile together, plunder, from com- together + pīlāre to thrust down, pack.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPILE

compile  [kəmˈpaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Compile is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb compile in English.

WHAT DOES COMPILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Compiler

A compiler is a computer program that transforms source code written in a programming language into another computer language. The most common reason for wanting to transform source code is to create an executable program. The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a lower level language. If the compiled program can run on a computer whose CPU or operating system is different from the one on which the compiler runs, the compiler is known as a cross-compiler. A program that translates from a low level language to a higher level one is a decompiler. A program that translates between high-level languages is usually called a language translator, source to source translator, or language converter. A language rewriter is usually a program that translates the form of expressions without a change of language. A compiler is likely to perform many or all of the following operations: lexical analysis, preprocessing, parsing, semantic analysis, code generation, and code optimization.

Definition of compile in the English dictionary

The first definition of compile in the dictionary is to make or compose from other materials or sources. Other definition of compile is to collect or gather for a book, hobby, etc. Compile is also to create from a high-level programming language, using a compiler.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COMPILE

PRESENT

Present
I compile
you compile
he/she/it compiles
we compile
you compile
they compile
Present continuous
I am compiling
you are compiling
he/she/it is compiling
we are compiling
you are compiling
they are compiling
Present perfect
I have compiled
you have compiled
he/she/it has compiled
we have compiled
you have compiled
they have compiled
Present perfect continuous
I have been compiling
you have been compiling
he/she/it has been compiling
we have been compiling
you have been compiling
they have been compiling
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I compiled
you compiled
he/she/it compiled
we compiled
you compiled
they compiled
Past continuous
I was compiling
you were compiling
he/she/it was compiling
we were compiling
you were compiling
they were compiling
Past perfect
I had compiled
you had compiled
he/she/it had compiled
we had compiled
you had compiled
they had compiled
Past perfect continuous
I had been compiling
you had been compiling
he/she/it had been compiling
we had been compiling
you had been compiling
they had been compiling
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will compile
you will compile
he/she/it will compile
we will compile
you will compile
they will compile
Future continuous
I will be compiling
you will be compiling
he/she/it will be compiling
we will be compiling
you will be compiling
they will be compiling
Future perfect
I will have compiled
you will have compiled
he/she/it will have compiled
we will have compiled
you will have compiled
they will have compiled
Future perfect continuous
I will have been compiling
you will have been compiling
he/she/it will have been compiling
we will have been compiling
you will have been compiling
they will have been compiling
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would compile
you would compile
he/she/it would compile
we would compile
you would compile
they would compile
Conditional continuous
I would be compiling
you would be compiling
he/she/it would be compiling
we would be compiling
you would be compiling
they would be compiling
Conditional perfect
I would have compile
you would have compile
he/she/it would have compile
we would have compile
you would have compile
they would have compile
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been compiling
you would have been compiling
he/she/it would have been compiling
we would have been compiling
you would have been compiling
they would have been compiling
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you compile
we let´s compile
you compile
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to compile
Past participle
compiled
Present Participle
compiling
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPILE


aeolipile
iːˈɒlɪˌpaɪl
aeolipyle
iːˈɒlɪˌpaɪl
eolipile
iːˈɒlɪˌpaɪl
micropyle
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌpaɪl
pile
paɪl
recompile
ˌriːkəmˈpaɪl
sandpile
ˈsændˌpaɪl
shagpile
ˈʃæɡˌpaɪl
spile
spaɪl
stockpile
ˈstɒkˌpaɪl
thermopile
ˈθɜːməʊˌpaɪl
unpile
ʌnˈpaɪl
uppile
ʌpˈpaɪl
woodpile
ˈwʊdˌpaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPILE

competitive edge
competitive exclusion
competitively
competitiveness
competitor
compilation
compilation album
compilation film
compilator
compilatory
compilement
compiler
comping
compital
complacence
complacencies
complacency
complacent
complacently
complain

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPILE

atomic pile
automobile
bearing pile
chile
facile
fender pile
galvanic pile
juvenile
meanwhile
mile
mobile
nigger in the woodpile
profile
sheet pile
slush pile
smile
textile
voltaic pile
Volta´s pile
while

Synonyms and antonyms of compile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COMPILE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «compile» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of compile

Translation of «compile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPILE

Find out the translation of compile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of compile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «compile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

汇编
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recopilar
570 millions of speakers

English

compile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संकलन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تجميع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

компиляции
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

compilar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সঙ্কলন করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

compiler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyusun
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zusammenstellen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

編集する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

편찬하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyusun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biên dịch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொகுக்கலாம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संकलित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

derlemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

compilare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skompilować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

компіляції
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

compila
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καταρτίζουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kompilera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kompilere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of compile

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPILE»

The term «compile» is very widely used and occupies the 15.438 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «compile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «compile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about compile

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5 QUOTES WITH «COMPILE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word compile.
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Joan Blades
When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff.
2
Justin Halpern
I just wanted to compile these stories about growing up with my father and I wanted people to be able to enjoy them individually, but also the entire book as a whole.
3
Wil S. Hylton
Exactly who does use the safe-haven laws is difficult to discern. Most states make no effort to study the cases or compile any data, and the anonymous nature of the process makes outside research nearly impossible.
4
Randall Munroe
I used to work at NASA in Virginia. It was nothing glamorous; I was just tasked with making code compile for obscure projects, and I wasn't very good at it. Now I spend most of my time drawing pictures and looking at funny things on the Internet, which in retrospect is largely what I did at my old job, too.
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Marc Racicot
You're trying too hard to find a correlation here. You don't know these people, you don't know what they intended. You try to compile statistics and correlate them to a result that amounts to nothing more than speculation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPILE»

Discover the use of compile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to compile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Art of Bookmaking: How to Compile Odds for Any Sporting ...
From a detailed look at percentages through to frame betting in snooker, Boyle shows readers how to price up any sporting event in the calendar.
Malcolm Boyle, 2006
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Report of the Commissioners to Compile and Revise the ...
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Neio Hampshire, June Session, 1878: — The commissioners appointed by the governor and council to compile the public statutes of the state, including those of the last ...
New Hampshire. Commissioners to Compile, and Revise the Statute Laws, 1878
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Report of the Commissioners to Compile and Revise the ...
Appointed Under the Act of July 10, Chapter Thirty-three, Laws of 1877 : with Notes and Citations New Hampshire. Commissioners to Compile and Revise the Statute Laws. C COMMISSIONERS TO COMPILE AND REVISE STATUTE LAWS  ...
New Hampshire. Commissioners to Compile and Revise the Statute Laws, 1878
4
Mastering the As/400: A Practical, Hands-On Guide
Figure 9.36 Confirm Compile of Member Screen Confirm Compile of Member The following object already exists for the compile operation: Type choice, press Enter. Press F12=Cancel to return and not perform the compile operation. Delete  ...
Jerry Fottral, 2000
5
Jython for Java Programmers
Maybe you have a statistics application that cycles through many different data sets but applies the same Jython code to each. Rather than calling exec or eval with a string of Jython code each iterations, it is better to compile that code before  ...
Robert W. Bill, 2002
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Installing, Upgrading and Maintaining Oracle E-Business ...
... Database Entities --------------------------------------------------- Compile APPS schema 1. 2. Compile menu information 3. Compile flexfields 4. Reload JAR files to database 5. Return to Main Menu Enter your choice [5] : 1 Compile APPS schema 1.
Barbara Matthews, John Stouffer, Karen Brownfield, 2007
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Oracle DBA on Unix and Linux
To use dynamic SQL to create a script to compile all the objects, do the following: SQL> set heading off SQL> set feedback off SQL> set pagesize 200 SQL> spool compile_invalid_views.sql SQL> select 'alter view ' || owner || '.' || object_name ...
Michael Wessler, Mike Wessler, 2002
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The Java Language Specification
The remaining cases involve conversion between reference types. The detailed rules for compile-time correctness checking of a casting conversion of a value of compile-time reference type S (source) to a compile-time reference type T (target)  ...
James Gosling, 2000
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Conference Record of the Nineteenth Annual ACM ...
Freezing the compile-time read/writes may seem overly restrictive, but actually allows many interesting options. Perhaps most importantly, it allows us to handle properly reference compile-time data structures that, once created, are read-only.
‎1992
10
FCS Financial Management L3
Compile. a. basic. debtors. and. creditors. reconciliation. statement. In this unit you will learn how a business can check the accuracy of its information about the amounts of money that other people or businesses owe to it. You will also learn ...
Moira Richards, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term compile is used in the context of the following news items.
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​Rdio streams globally, thinks locally with curated stations
"Rdio's team of music programmers collaborated directly with these curation partners to compile music recommendations that truly represent ... «CNET, Jul 15»
2
One in four burgled homes in Northamptonshire have been broken …
Gail Hunter, spokeswoman for the security company ADT, which helped compile the figures said: “When burglaries happen, we know it's not ... «Daventry Express, Jul 15»
3
Eskom suspend Head of Regulation
Nersa last week rejected the application and sent Eskom back to the drawing board to redraft or compile a new one. Nersa confirmed the views ... «Citizen, Jul 15»
4
Here Are Central Banks Who Have Been Getting it Right — and Wrong
To compile these results, Bloomberg looked at gross domestic product estimates one year ahead, inflation two years ahead, and compared ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
5
For answers in Boothbay Harbor murder-suicide, state turns to …
McCausland said detectives still have a substantial amount of work in front of them as they compile the results of their investigation into a report ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
6
Abe Aide Says $20 Billion May Be Needed to Offset Next Tax Hike
... government may need to compile a 2.5 trillion yen ($20 billion) economic package to cushion the blow to households, an adviser to the prime ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
7
Kansas City will help lead national network in early learning strategies
The league chose Kansas City as one of seven members to take the lead in a yearlong project to compile the best communitywide strategies for ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
8
OSHA turns an eye to safety
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to compile information about an employer's safety incentive and whether it factored ... «Dickinson Press, Jul 15»
9
'No-sell' alcohol list for downtown Missoula shelved
Keithi Worthington, senior deputy city attorney who attempted to compile the list, couldn't be reached for comment Tuesday. Even without the ... «The Missoulian, Jul 15»
10
Cost-efficiency is the Buccaneers' middle name
A site called NerdWallet had someone named Sreekar Jasthi compile a bunch of data on sports team spending since 200, and the efficiency ... «Bucs Nation, Jul 15»

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