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compile

verb
/kəmˈpaɪl/US/kəmˈpɑɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”).

  1. derived from compīlō — “to plunder”
  2. derived from compiler
  3. inherited from compilen

Definitions

  1. To make by gathering pieces from various sources.

    • Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.

  2. To construct

    To construct; to build.

    • Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]

  3. To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.

    • Steve Davis compiled a 147.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. 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.

    2. To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

      • There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.

    3. To contain or comprise.

      • After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile.

    4. To write

      To write; to compose.

      • They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice

    5. An act of compiling code.

      • […] programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.
      • Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile.

The neighborhood

Derived

autocompile, compilability, compilable, compiland, compilation, compilement, compiler, compilator, decompile, miscompile, noncompiled, noncompiling, precompile, recompile, uncompile, uncompiled

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at compile. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at compile. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at compile

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA