Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
📦 Prepared in advance 💻 Compiled before use
to precompiled

to precompiled

6.3
To prepare in advance so it is ready to use by turning code into a form the computer can run
  • verb
  • /priːkəmˈpaɪld/
  • Specialized
translation icon : precompilar
  • The application uses precompiled headers to reduce build times.

Examples

  • By using precompiled libraries, developers can avoid long compilation steps.

  • All scripts were precompiled before being uploaded to the server.

  • The software was precompiled for faster installation.

  • He precompiled the code before the presentation.

  • The application uses precompiled headers to reduce build times.

  • All scripts were precompiled before being uploaded to the server.

  • By using precompiled libraries, developers can avoid long compilation steps.

Synonyms

prepared
vsto precompiled
103 1.3

Ready to use or do something when needed

is processed beforehand mainly for code or other technical resources
ready-made
vsto precompiled
4 3.9

An item like a shirt or chair made before you buy it

is about resources processed before use, often in software contexts
premade
vsto precompiled
3 2.7

Made before and ready to use

is processed beforehand especially for technical resources and code
readymade
vsto precompiled
5.3

Showing no original thought and using common ideas

is focused on prior processing for practical use, not on originality

Surface Forms

precompile infinitive
precompiled past
precompiled past participle
precompiling present participle
precompiles third person singular

Morphology

precompiled = precompile (transparent) = pre + compile + ed

This is the regular past-participle form of 'precompile' with no semantic shift.

Etymology

Precompiled comes from the parts pre- ('before') and compile ('put together'), and the verb form is precompile. To precompile code means to put it together ahead of time so it is ready to use and you do not have to wait when you run it.