Definitions for COMPILE
kəmˈpaɪlcom·pile

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoardverb

   get or gather together

   "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

2. compose, compileverb

   put together out of existing material

   "compile a list"

3. compileverb

   use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed

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1. Compileverb

   (Computers) to process (computer program source code) with a compiler to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compilenoun

   An act of compiling code.

2. compileverb

   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.

3. compileverb

   To construct, build.

4. compileverb

   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.

5. compileverb

   To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

6. Etymology: from compiler (early 14c.), from compilo

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To COMPILEverb

   Etymology: compilo, Latin.

   1. To draw up from various authors; to collect into one body.2. To write; to compose.

   In poetry they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions, and satyrs against vice. William Temple.

   By the accounts which authors have left, they might learn that the face of sea and land is the same that it was when those accounts were compiled. John Woodward, Natural History.

   The regard he had for his shield, had caused him formerly to compile a dissertation concerning it. Scriblerus Club .

   3. To contain; to comprise: not in use.

   After so long a race as I have run
   Through fairy-land, which those six books compile,
   Give leave to rest me. Edmund Spenser, Sonnet 80.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. compile

   In computing, a compiler is a computer program that translates computer code written in one programming language (the source language) into another language (the target language). The name "compiler" is primarily used for programs that translate source code from a high-level programming language to a low-level programming language (e.g. assembly language, object code, or machine code) to create an executable program.: p1 There are many different types of compilers which produce output in different useful forms. A cross-compiler produces code for a different CPU or operating system than the one on which the cross-compiler itself runs. A bootstrap compiler is often a temporary compiler, used for compiling a more permanent or better optimised compiler for a language. Related software include, a program that translates from a low-level language to a higher level one is a decompiler ; a program that translates between high-level languages, usually called a source-to-source compiler or transpiler. A language rewriter is usually a program that translates the form of expressions without a change of language. A compiler-compiler is a compiler that produces a compiler (or part of one), often in a generic and reusable way so as to be able to produce many differing compilers. A compiler is likely to perform some or all of the following operations, often called phases: preprocessing, lexical analysis, parsing, semantic analysis (syntax-directed translation), conversion of input programs to an intermediate representation, code optimization and machine specific code generation. Compilers generally implement these phases as modular components, promoting efficient design and correctness of transformations of source input to target output. Program faults caused by incorrect compiler behavior can be very difficult to track down and work around; therefore, compiler implementers invest significant effort to ensure compiler correctness.Compilers are not the only language processor used to transform source programs. An interpreter is computer software that transforms and then executes the indicated operations.: p2  The translation process influences the design of computer languages, which leads to a preference of compilation or interpretation. In theory, a programming language can have both a compiler and an interpreter. In practice, programming languages tend to be associated with just one (a compiler or an interpreter).

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1. compile

   Compile, in the context of computer science, is the process of converting code written in a high-level language into machine code or another lower-level language that can be understood and executed by a computer. This conversion is done by a program called a compiler. In a more general sense, to compile can also mean to gather or assemble information or materials from various sources into a single directory, document, or collection.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Compileverb

   to put together; to construct; to build

2. Compileverb

   to contain or comprise

3. Compileverb

   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

4. Compileverb

   to write; to compose

5. Etymology: [F. compiler, fr.L. compilare to plunder, pillage; com- + pilare to plunder. See Pill, v. t., Pillage.]

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1. Compile

   Compile Co., Ltd. 株式会社コンパイル was a Japanese video game development limited company founded by Masamitsu Niitani. Established on 7 April 1982, the company's original name was Programmers-3, Inc. Compile's catalog includes the shoot 'em ups Zanac and Aleste; the role-playing video game Madou Monogatari; and Madou Monogatari's puzzle video game spin-off, Puyo Puyo. After bankruptcy resulted in the company's dissolution in 2003, most of the company's remaining assets transferred to Aiky, a new company Niitani established in the previous year. Exclusive rights to the Puyo Puyo franchise transferred to Sonic Team, with whom Compile had collaborated to bring Puyo Puyo to the Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PlayStation in the late 1990s. Compile completed their final game, Pochi to Nyaa, shortly before the company dissolved, and Aiky published it later that year. D4 Enterprise later acquired Aiky's intellectual property. For a few months before his retirement in December 2006, Niitani worked at Compile Heart, a video game development and publishing company.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Compile

   kom-pīl′, 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. [Fr. compiler, prob. from L. compilāre—com, together, pilāre, to plunder.]

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'COMPILE' in Verbs Frequency: #919

Anagrams for COMPILE »

1. polemic

How to pronounce COMPILE?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of COMPILE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of COMPILE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of COMPILE in a Sentence

1. Barry Golden:

   We are starting to compile a list of those fugitives that we believe may have flown back to their native country.

2. Al Baker:

   It took two years to compile all the data that they fictitiously created to confront competition - we also need that much time to respond to those fictitious allegations against the Gulf carriers.

3. Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara:

   There are concerns about lessening the impact of the British referendum on Japan's small- and medium-sized companies, taking steps to provide liquidity to small firms could be a big factor in economic stimulus steps that we compile.

4. Paul Begala:

   The short duration of campaigns in countries like Israel and the UK limits how much data you can compile, as well as the number of times you can contact voters.

5. Joe Orton:

   You cannot compile a wit out of two half-wits.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=COMPILE
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=COMPILE
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Compile
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=COMPILE
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compile
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/COMPILE
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=COMPILE
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=COMPILE