compiling
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compilation
WordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)“the job of compiling the inventory took several hours”Synonyms: compilation
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]