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compiling

compiling

3.9
The act of collecting information and putting it into one list or file
  • noun
  • /kəmˈpaɪlɪŋ/
translation icon : compilación
  • The compiling of research data into a single report took several weeks.

And also my final thought was in in the compiling of all of these resources.

Examples

  • PHOTO: Somerset Playne and Frank Holderness Gale (Eds.), East Africa (British) Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources (London: Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Pub. Co, 1908), p. 112.

    Academic text (2009)

  • And also my final thought was in in the compiling of all of these resources.

    Rich Roll

  • I read Appel's Compiling with Continuations a long time ago.

    Blog text (8)

  • Compiling translates a C program into binary code and saves it as an executable file that runs on a specific processor.

    Academic text (2009)

  • COMPILING AND ANALYZING THE DATA

    Academic text (2004)

  • Her compiling of recipes into a cookbook made it easier for everyone to try new dishes.

  • The compiling of the annual budget required input from all department heads.

Synonyms

compilation
vscompiling
9 3.9

The act of gathering and putting information together into one file or book

refers to doing the gathering and assembling rather than the final collection
curation
vscompiling
6 5.3

Carefully choosing and arranging items for a museum or website

emphasizes collecting and assembling rather than careful selection or display
collation
vscompiling
  • Specialized
1 6.7

Collecting and putting pages or papers in the right order

focuses on gathering and assembling without stressing exact order

Compounds

compiling program
  • Specialized
5.2

A program that turns programming code into instructions the computer can run

How Thorough

editing
126 2.7
compiling
3.9
gathering
47 1.4

Surface Forms

compiling singular
compilings plural

Morphology

compiling = compile (transparent) = compile + ing

The noun is a gerund/nominal formed directly from the verb 'compile' with '-ing' meaning 'the act of', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Compiling comes from parts that mean 'together' and a pile. A helpful way to remember it is to see com- as 'together' and the rest like the English word pile, meaning 'heap', so compiling is collecting items and putting them into one list or file.