compile

🇺🇸 /kəmˈpaɪl/ 🇬🇧 /kəmˈpaɪl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-C1
verb
C1

to gather things together to make a list, book, or report

We need to compile a list of all the items we have in stock.

R

to change computer code into a form the computer can understand

The program must compile before it can run on the computer.

translation

v. to gather things together to make a list, book, or report; to change computer code into a form the computer can understand

Word Forms

3rd Present compiles
Past compiled
Perfect compiled
Progressive compiling