Meaning & use
compile
To collect and assemble information, documents, or data from various sources into a single form.
See it in a sentence
She compiled the survey results into a detailed report for the board.
The programmer needs to compile the code before the software will run.
A note on using this word
In computing, 'compile' has a specific technical sense: translating source code into a form a computer can execute.
Words with a similar meaning
assemblegather
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Another way to use it
2. verb
In computing, to translate source code written by a programmer into an executable program.
The build script automatically compiles the source files every time changes are saved.
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