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compile

Pronunciation: /kəmˈpaɪl/

The English word “compile” has 8 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To make by gathering pieces from various sources.
  2. To construct; to build.
  3. To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.
  4. To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
  5. To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
  6. To contain or comprise.
  7. To write; to compose.

noun

  1. An act of compiling code.

Etymology

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

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