MEANING
1. To collect and organize information or materials from several sources.
2. To convert source code into another form that a computer can execute or process.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- compile a bibliography
- compile a report
On the page
She compiled a chronology from letters and court records.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- compile
- Past tense
- compiled
- Past participle
- compiled
- Present participle
- compiling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- compile
- Present continuous
- am/is/are compiling
- Present perfect
- have/has compiled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been compiling
- Past
- compiled
- Past continuous
- was/were compiling
- Past perfect
- had compiled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been compiling
- Future
- will compile
- Future continuous
- will be compiling
- Future perfect
- will have compiled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been compiling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: compile; compiles; compiled; compiled; compiling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: compiles.
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