compileverb [ T ]
uk/kəmˈpaɪl/us/kəmˈpaɪl/compile verb [ T ] (GATHER TOGETHER)
C1 to collect information from different places and arrange it in a book, report, or list:
We're compiling some facts and figures for a documentary on the subject.
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- It took years to compile the dictionary.
- They have compiled a directory of services for children.
- She compiled a list of all the wine producers in the region.
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Collecting and amassing
- a pack rat idiom
- accumulate
- amass
- assemble
- bank
- bunch
- collect
- collector's item
- compilation
- concentration
- garner
- gather
- glean
- harvest
- load up on sth
- numismatics
- philatelist
- philately
- scrape sth/sb together/up
- store
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Editing & compiling
compile verb [ T ] (CHANGE INSTRUCTIONS)
specialized computing to change a computer program into a machine language
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Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- alpha
- analytics
- CD-RW
- killer app
- lisp
- LMS
- low-level language
- macro
- mashup
- MS-DOS
- patch
- procedure
- shortcut
- systems analyst
- virtual memory
- worm
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