compile[verb]Synonyms: put together, accumulate, amass, collect, cull, garner, gather, marshal, organize
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com‧pile AC /kəmˈpaɪl/
verb [transitive] [
Word Family: noun:
compilation,
compiler;
verb:
compile]
[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;
Origin: compiler, from Latin compilare 'to seize together, steal']
1. to make a book, list, record etc, using different pieces of information, music etc ⇒
compilation:
The document was compiled by the Department of Healthcompile something from/for something
The report was compiled from a survey of 5,000 households.2. technical to put a set of instructions into a computer in a form that it can understand and use
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