compile

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kəmˈpɑɪl/ UK /kəmˈpaɪl/ See IPA manual

Freq #30702

Meanings

1

verb
To collect information from different places and put it together, for example into a list or report.

Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of English.
2

verb
To turn a program's source code into a form the computer can run.

After I compile this program, I'll run it and see if it works.
3

verb
(of source code) To be successfully turned into runnable code.

There must be an error in my code because it won't compile.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to collect information from... compose

Word family

Forms compiledcompilescompiling

Derived forms autocompilecompilabilitycompilablecompilandcompilationcompilatorcompilementcompilerdecompilemiscompilenoncompilednoncompiling

Simplified etymology

Compile entered English in the Middle English period through Old French from Latin compilare, meaning “plunder” or “plagiarize.”

Etymology

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

compilen Middle English compiler Old French compīlō Latin

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# compile

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpɑɪl/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpaɪl/
**Frequency rank:** 30702

## Meanings
1. To collect information from different places and put it together, for example into a list or report.
2. To turn a program's source code into a form the computer can run.
3. (of source code) To be successfully turned into runnable code.

## Examples
- Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of English.
- After I compile this program, I'll run it and see if it works.
- There must be an error in my code because it won't compile.

## Derived Forms
- autocompile
- compilability
- compilable
- compiland
- compilation
- compilator
- compilement
- compiler
- decompile
- miscompile
- noncompiled
- noncompiling

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: compilen
- Root: compiler
- Root: compīlō

## Etymology
From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

## AI Etymology
compile is a verb. It is from Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”). Historical forms in the chain include compilen (Middle English), compiler (Old French), and compīlō (Latin). Current senses include to collect information from different places and put it together, for example into a list or report, to turn a program's source code into a form the computer can run, and (of source code) To be successfully turned into runnable code. Derived forms include autocompile, compilability, compilable, compiland, and compilation.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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