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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list);
- Example: "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours"
[syn: compilation, compiling]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Compile \Com*pile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Compiling.] [F. compiler, fr.L. compilare to plunder, pillage; com- + pilare to plunder. See Pill, v. t., Pillage.] 1. To put together; to construct; to build. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Which these six books compile. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents. [1913 Webster] He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. To write; to compose. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] 5. (Computers) to process (computer program source code) with a compiler[2] to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

compiling n 1: the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list); "the job of compiling the inventory took several hours" [syn: compilation, compiling]