English Explanatory Dictionary

compile

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
  2. To construct; to build.
  3. To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
  4. To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
  5. To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
  6. To contain or comprise.
  7. To write; to compose.
noun
  1. An act of compiling code.

Pronunciation

/kəmˈpaɪl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compile.wav /kəmˈpɑɪl/

Word forms

compile compiles compiling compiled

Etymology

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

Derived words

autocompile compilability compilable compiland compilation compilement compiler compilator decompile miscompile noncompiled noncompiling precompile recompile uncompile uncompiled compile time
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