compiling Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)
   compilation.
   
   • the job of compiling the inventory took several hours
2. verb get or gather together
   amass; roll up; compile; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
   
   • I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
   • She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
   • She rolled up a small fortune
3. verb put together out of existing material
   compile; compose.
   
   • compile a list
4. verb use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed
   compile.
   

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