Definitions for compiles

compiles com·pile

Spelling: [kuh m-pahyl]
IPA: /kəmˈpaɪl/

Compiles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 397 anagrams from letters in compiles (ceilmops).

Definitions for compiles

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 compiles

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 compiles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for compiles
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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