Definitions for compile

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compile com·pile

Spelling: [kuh m-pahyl]

IPA: /kəmˈpaɪl/

Compile is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in compile (ceilmop).

Definitions for compile

verb (used with object)

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:
3. to gather together:
4. Computers. to translate (a computer program) from a high-level language into another language, usually machine language, using a compiler.

Origin of compile

1275-1325; Middle English Latin compīlāre to rob, pillage, steal from another writer, equivalent to com- com- + -pīlāre, perhaps akin to pīla column, pier, Examples for compile

They, however, compile statistics from data which we furnish.

One spokesperson even worked late into the night to compile statistics related to Peace Corps safety.

Then I compile a list of the books that I intend to read, and the order in which they should be read.

Winnowing down countless artifacts to compile A History of New York in 101 Objects was challenging enough.

If I was Gchatting with Chinese dissidents, the state could compile evidence for a political trial.

But I'm willing to bet that when I compile my Top Ten list next December, True Detective will still reign supreme.

From this table the officers work the ship's way, and compile their journals.

We compile this month mainly from the London World of Fashion.

We would before Christmas compile a thick book of readings for him.

He did not write according to copy, nor compile from commonplace books.