compile: Meaning and Definition of

com•pile

Pronunciation: (kum-pīl'), [key]
— -piled, -pil•ing.
  1. to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work.
  2. to make (a book, writing, or the like) of materials from various sources: to compile an anthology of plays; to compile a graph showing changes in profit.
  3. to gather together: to compile data.
  4. to translate (a computer program) from a high-level language into another language, usually machine language, using a compiler.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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