compile
/kəmpʌɪl//kəmˈpaɪl/
noun
- 1
An act of compiling code.
verb
- 1
To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
“Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.”
- 2
To construct, build.
- 3
To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
“After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works.”
- 4
To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
“There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile.”
- 5
To contain or comprise.
- 6
To write; to compose.
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