Definition of compile verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
When you compile something such as a report, book, or programme, you produce it by collecting and putting together many pieces of information. Councils were required to compile a register of all adults living in their areas. [VERB noun] The book took 10 years to compile. [VERB noun]
COMPILE meaning: 1 : to create (a CD, book, list, etc.) by gathering things (such as songs or pieces of writing or information); 2 : to put together (various songs, pieces of writing, facts, etc.) in a publication or collection
com•pile /kəmˈpaɪl/ v. [~ + object], -piled, -pil•ing. to put together (documents, selections, or other materials) in one book or work from materials taken from various sources: to compile data.
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1. to make or compose from other materials or sources: to compile a list of names.