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com·pile
 compile
- pronunciation:
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paIl
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
compiled, compiles, compiling |
| definition 1: |
to form (a written work or list) by bringing together pieces of information, articles, documents, or the like.
They're compiling a recipe book, so they've asked each of us to submit one of our favorite recipes.The agency thinks he's a spy and has compiled a dossier on him.The publisher is compiling a glossary to accompany the textbook.- synonyms:
- assemble
- similar words:
- accumulate, amass, anthologize, arrange, collocate, combine, unite
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| definition 2: |
to gather together; collect.
Our research team has been compiling data on population shifts for several years now.- synonyms:
- collect, gather
- similar words:
- accumulate, aggregate, amass, assemble, group, marshal
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| definition 3: |
in computer technology, to convert into machine readable language; assemble.
- similar words:
- assemble, convert, process, transform
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| related words: |
catalogue, collect, gather, pile |
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