compile

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb get or gather together
  2. verb put together out of existing material
  3. verb use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed

Etymology

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, hoard

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