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]
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.
compile (third-person singular simple present compiles, present participle compiling, simple past and past participle compiled) (transitive) To make by gathering pieces from various sources. quotations Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
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
1. to make or compose from other materials or sources: to compile a list of names.