Compile
[kəm'paɪl]
Definition
(verb.) use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed.
Typist: Marcus--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To put together; to construct; to build.
(v. t.) To contain or comprise.
(v. t.) To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents.
(v. t.) To write; to compose.
Editor: Miriam
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Write (by selecting from other works), prepare, compose, get up.
Typist: Terrence
Definition
v.t. to write or compose by collecting the materials from other books: to draw up or collect: to compose.—ns. Compilā′tion the act of compiling: the thing compiled a literary work made by gathering the material from various authors; Compile′ment a compilation; Compil′er Com′pilātor one who compiles.
Inputed by Diego
Examples
- Some idea, then, may be formed of the vast amount of labor and expense necessary to compile a work of this character. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- That of those of other European nations was compiled from such information as the French ministers at the different courts could procure. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Those firms which had not previously used direct-by-mail advertising were now coming to realize the many advantages of that modern selling short-cut and were compiling large lists of names. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Shane