compile
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpaɪl/
The English word “compile” has 8 meanings listed here.
verb
- To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
- To construct; to build.
- To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
- To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
- To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
- To contain or comprise.
- To write; to compose.
noun
Etymology
From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).
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