English Dictionary

compile

/kəmˈpaɪ.əl/

verb

(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources. / (obsolete) To construct; to build.

I need to compile all the data into a report.

意味（1）

(transitive) To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.

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

意味（2）

(obsolete) To construct; to build.

Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]

意味（3）

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

Steve Davis compiled a 147.

意味（4）

(transitive, programming) 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.

意味（5）

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

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

意味（6）

(obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.

Which these six books compile.

意味（7）

(obsolete) To write; to compose.

They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice