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to compile

to compile

134 4.1
To collect and arrange information and materials into a list or book
  • verb
  • /kəmˈpaɪl/
translation icon : recopilar
  • He took the time to compile a list of all the books he wants to read this year.
  • compile data
  • compile a list
  • compile statistics

Like if all of that compiled wisdom hadn't been lost.

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Examples

  • The author used Excel to compile and analyze the works cited data from the six journals.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Software Change Control personnel then compile the program and place it in the secure production library.

    Academic text (1999)

  • - I want all the information you can compile on that woman.

    Big Bad Mama II (1987)

  • My job is to just compile work and edit it.

    Black August (2007)

  • Many of these organizations have already compiled information that you may obtain and hand out to families.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The students collected and compiled the data for refuges in their own region.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The collection of teaching resources, compiled for the workshop, is available on the NESCent website.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The sample data from the whole class is then compiled to illustrate the sampling results.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The following themes were compiled across stakeholder responses through the analysis of interview data.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I've compiled a Mandarin database for you, sir.

    Iron Man 3 (2013)

Synonyms

to collect
vsto compile
499 1.1

To bring things or people together in one place

focus on arranging gathered material into a structured list or book
to catalog
vsto compile
  • US
23 3.9

To list things and write details about them

focus on assembling material into a final list or book rather than classifying
to collate
vsto compile
12 5.8

To gather and arrange pages or papers in the correct order

focus on assembling and organizing materials into a finished list or collection

How Thorough

to curate
26 4.7
to compile
134 4.1
to assemble
169 2.9
to collect
499 1.1
to gather
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

compile infinitive
compiled past
compiled past participle
compiling present participle
compiles third person singular

Etymology

Compile A helpful way to remember compile is to see com- as 'together' and think of pile as a 'heap', so compiling is like 'putting things together in a pile', which fits collecting and organizing information into one list or book.