Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
assemble from a collection:
produce executable:
be successfully processed by a compiler:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
assemble from a collection:
produce executable:

Examples

31 sentences

  1. The data hasn't been compiled yet.

    ruДанные ещё не собраны. — marafon

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  2. This data was compiled by Tom.

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  3. I spent three months compiling this data.

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Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To make by gathering pieces from various sources.

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

    zusammenstellen

    собира́тьsobirátʹ, собра́тьsobrátʹ, составля́тьsostavljátʹ

  2. (intransitive)To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

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

    компили́роватьсяkompilírovatʹsja, скомпили́роватьсяskompilírovatʹsja

  3. (transitive)To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.

    Steve Davis compiled a 147.

More meanings 4

  1. (transitive)To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

    After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.

    kompilieren

    компили́роватьkompilírovatʹ, скомпили́роватьskompilírovatʹ, откомпили́роватьotkompilírovatʹ

  2. (obsolete)To construct; to build.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To contain or comprise.

  4. (obsolete)To write; to compose.

More definitions
  • get or gather together
  • put together out of existing material
  • use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed

Origin

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

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

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Forms

compiles, compiling, compiled, compiled

regular · Lesson

Base formcompile · to compile
3rd person singularcompiles
Present participlecompiling
Past simplecompiled
Past participlecompiled

Tenses

compile · compiled · will compile · have compiled

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycompile
he, she, itcompiles

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave compiled
he, she, ithas compiled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill compile

Past simpleLesson

all personscompiled

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words
Relatedcompilationcompilercompiling
Derivedautocompilecompilabilitycompilablecompilandcompile-and-gocompilementcompilatordecompilemiscompilenoncompilednoncompilingprecompilerecompileuncompileuncompiled

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
competitivelycompetitivenesscompetitorB1compilationcomplacencycomplacentcomplacentlycomplainA2

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