compile

Definitions

1. verb

   To make by gathering pieces from various sources.

   Example

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

   To construct; to build.

   Example

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

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

   Example

   • Steve Davis compiled a 147.
4. verb

   To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

   Example

   • After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.
5. verb

   To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

   Example

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

   To contain or comprise.

   Example

   • 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.
7. verb

   To write; to compose.

   Example

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

   An act of compiling code.

   Examples

   • […] 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.