compile

noun

(programming) An act of compiling code.

verb

(transitive, programming) To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

(transitive) To make by gathering pieces from various sources.

(transitive, snooker) To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.

(intransitive, programming) To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

(obsolete) To construct; to build.

(obsolete, transitive) To contain or comprise.

(obsolete) To write; to compose.

Roots

pilopil- · Latin · plunder, pile up

Synonyms for compile

composev collectv amassv collatev accumulatev assemblev organizev gatherv

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Where does compile come from?

The word compile breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root pil-, from Latin pilo (“plunder, pile up”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.