nnoun.actthe act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)Synset:compilation
Examples:- the job of compiling the inventory took several hours
Derivationally Related Form:compile
Hypernyms:aggregation assembling collecting collection
Inherited Hypernyms:compilationcollectiongroupingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.possessionget or gather togetherSynset:accumulate amass collect compile hoard pile up roll up
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:accumulativecollectioncompilationcollectingaccumulation
Hypernyms:hive away lay in put in salt away stack away stash away store
Inherited Hypernyms:roll upstorekeephave
Direct Hyponyms:balecatchchunkcollectcome upcorralfundlumppull inrun upscrapescrape upscratch
Full Troponyms:archivebalebeat upcatchcollectcorralfundlumpnickel-and-dimerun upscrape
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The crowds --- in the streets (apply to: collect) | They --- the money in the closet (apply to: pile up, amass, accumulate, hoard)
vverb.creationput together out of existing materialSynset:compile compose
Derivationally Related Form:compilingcompositorcompilationcompiler
Hypernyms:make
Inherited Hypernyms:composemakecreate from raw materialmake
Direct Hyponyms:anthologiseanthologizecatalogcataloguecobble togethercobble up
Full Troponyms:anthologizecataloguecobble together
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.creationuse a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executedDerivationally Related Form:compilationcompiler
Hypernyms:make
Inherited Hypernyms:compilemakecreate from raw materialmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something