Dictionary

compile en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈpaɪl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəmˈpɑɪl/ (Australia)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. An act of compiling code.
   • […] programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development. 1985, Robert A Stern, An Introduction to Computers and Information Processing:
   • Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile. 2007, Scott Meyers, Mike Lee, MAC OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual:

Forms

Deriveds

compile time

compile en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈpaɪl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kəmˈpɑɪl/ (Australia)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
   • So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational. 2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68:
   • Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
2. (obsolete) To construct; to build.
   • Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
3. (transitive) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
   • Steve Davis compiled a 147.
4. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
   • There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.
   • After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile. 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet LXXX”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature F, verso:
7. (obsolete) To write; to compose.
   • They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice 1690, William Temple, Miscellanea. The Second Part. […], London: […] T. M. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, section II, page 188:

Forms

Deriveds

compilability · uncompile · decompile · compiler · miscompile · precompile · autocompile · compile-and-go · compilation · noncompiled · compilator · recompile · compilable · uncompiled · compilement · compiland · noncompiling

Hyponyms

cross-compile · transcompile

Translations (76)

no kompilere; sette sammen; samle; utarbeide (assemble from a collection) · it compilare (assemble from a collection) · pl skompilować (assemble from a collection) · es compilar (produce executable) · el μεταγλωττίζω (produce executable) · cs kompilovat (produce executable) · ga tiomsaigh (produce executable) · it compilare (produce executable) · ja 編集する (assemble from a collection) · ar تجميع (assemble from a collection) · cmn 彙編 /汇编 (assemble from a collection) · cmn 編譯 /编译 (produce executable) · fi kääntää (produce executable) · pl skompilować się (be successfully processed by a compiler) · ru скомпили́роваться (be successfully processed by a compiler) · ro compila (assemble from a collection) · ru скомпили́ровать (produce executable) · it assemblare (assemble from a collection) · fr compiler (produce executable) · bg съби́рам (assemble from a collection) · de zusammenstellen (assemble from a collection) · fr compiler (assemble from a collection) · nl samenstellen (assemble from a collection) · hu fordít (assemble from a collection) · ro alcătui (dintr-o colecție) (assemble from a collection) · ja コンパイルする (produce executable) · fi koota (assemble from a collection) · ru компили́ровать (produce executable) · mi whakahiato (assemble from a collection) · mg mandika (produce executable) · ru собрать (produce executable) · grc συντάσσω (assemble from a collection) · ru составля́ть (assemble from a collection) · ga tiomsaigh (assemble from a collection) · it compilarsi (be successfully processed by a compiler) · pl kompilować (produce executable) · ru соста́вить (assemble from a collection) · eo kompili (assemble from a collection) · tr derlemek (assemble from a collection) · pl skompilować (produce executable) · tr derlemek (produce executable) · pl kompilować (assemble from a collection) · it predisporre (assemble from a collection) · fa فراهمیستن (assemble from a collection) · nl compileren (produce executable) · cmn 編撰 (assemble from a collection) · bg съставям (assemble from a collection) · ru откомпили́ровать (produce executable) · sv kompilera (assemble from a collection) · fa ترجمیستن (produce executable) · sv kompilera (produce executable) · he קימפל (produce executable) · fi koostaa (assemble from a collection) · bg компилирам (produce executable) · ru собра́ть (assemble from a collection) · pt compilar (assemble from a collection) · fi kääntyä (be successfully processed by a compiler) · pt compilar (produce executable) · ru собирать (produce executable) · da kompilere (assemble from a collection) · he הִתְקַמְפֵּל (be successfully processed by a compiler) · fa ترجمیستن (assemble from a collection) · es compilar (assemble from a collection) · cs přeložit (produce executable) · el μεταγλωττίζομαι (be successfully processed by a compiler) · pl kompilować się (be successfully processed by a compiler) · ro compila (produce executable) · ru собира́ть (assemble from a collection) · sv sammanställa (assemble from a collection) · sv kompilera (be successfully processed by a compiler) · es recopilar (assemble from a collection) · de kompilieren (produce executable) · hu összeállít (assemble from a collection) · es copilar (assemble from a collection) · ru компили́роваться (be successfully processed by a compiler) · it raccogliere (assemble from a collection)