compile

1. (transitive) To make by gathering pieces from various sources.Examples: "Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language."; "So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational."transitive

2. (obsolete) To construct; to build.Examples: "Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]"obsolete

3. (transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.Examples: "Steve Davis compiled a 147."transitive

4. (transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.Examples: "After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works."transitive

5. (intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.Examples: "There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile."intransitive

6. (obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.Examples: "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."obsoletetransitive