"compile" meaning in English

See compile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kəmpʌɪl/ [UK], /kəmˈpaɪl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compile.wav [UK] Forms: compile [canonical], compiles [third-person, singular], compiled [past], compiled [past, participle], compiling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|compil|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Someone compiles some things or ideas when they bring them together into one place.
    Sense id: simple-compile-en-verb-v4hE14Iu
     
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    },
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      "form": "compiles",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compiled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compiled",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "compiling",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "com‧pile",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I need to compile a list of reasons not to go ahead with the project."
        },
        {
          "text": "She compiled a good set of books to read about the history of that place."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone compiles some things or ideas when they bring them together into one place."
      ],
      "id": "simple-compile-en-verb-v4hE14Iu"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəmpʌɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəmˈpaɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compile.wav",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "compile"
}

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      "form": "compile",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compiles",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compiled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compiled",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "compiling",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "compil",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I need to compile a list of reasons not to go ahead with the project."
        },
        {
          "text": "She compiled a good set of books to read about the history of that place."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone compiles some things or ideas when they bring them together into one place."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kəmpʌɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəmˈpaɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-compile.wav",
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "compile"
}

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