compile

Meaning

Verb

1. To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
2. (obsolete) 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. (obsolete) To contain or comprise.
7. (obsolete) To write; to compose.

Noun

An act of compiling code.

Synonyms

collect

edit

compose

gather

accumulate

amass

put together

assemble

pile up

arrange

draw up

codify

hoard

prepare

write

✍️

quilt

gather together

combine

roll up

round up

compilation

systematize

translate

indite

interpret

invert

layer

make up

marshal

muster

organization

organize

pick

⛏️

pick up

piece

put

raise

rake

rally

redact

render

rotate

stack

summarize

sum up

transit

turn

turn back

turn over

twist

unitize

weave

bind together

collect together

rig up

focalise

organic structure

unitise

translate and edit

intercompilation

accrue

achieve

acquire

anthologize

bring about

chunk

cluster

come up

compiling

conglomerate

convene

digest

embody

fabricate

fall in

flip

flip over

focalize

garner

get up

heap

incline

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəmˈpaɪl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: compilen

In summary

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