compile
/kəmˈpaɪl/ verb B2- To make by gathering pieces from various sources. · Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
- To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots. · Steve Davis compiled a 147.
- 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.
- To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code. · There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.
He/she/it compiles · Past compiled · Past participle compiled · -ing form compiling
Verb forms
- Base form
- compile
- He/she/it
- compiles
- Past
- compiled
- Past participle
- compiled
- -ing form
- compiling
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The meticulous botanical and zoological ledgers they compiled effectively redrew the ecological map of the North American continent.
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