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Compile - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Compile : (verb)
1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the
man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a
lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small
fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile
up, amass, hoard]
2: put together out of existing material; "compile a list"
[syn: compose]
3: use a computer program to translate source code written in a
particular programming language into computer-readable
machine code that can be executed
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Compile : \Com*pile"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Compiling.] [F. compiler, fr.L. compilare to
plunder, pillage; com- _ pilare to plunder. See Pill, v.
t., Pillage.]
1. To put together; to construct; to build. [Obs.]
Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall
in compass to compile. --Spenser.
2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.]
Which these six books compile. --Spenser.
3. To put together in a new form out of materials already
existing; esp., to put together or compose out of
materials from other books or documents.
He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a
History of Rome. --Macaulay.
4. To write; to compose. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Compile |
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mymemoirs: @felisefwombat Felise! ;( I'mma DM you every 5-10 mins asking you to Compile a wishlist of things you actually want, if you don't tell me :) |
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racereff: Taking my exam tomorrow! I will get up, Compile my cheat sheet and go kick MTH 151 in the dick. >D |
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geek4christ: @mitchblevins On the other hand, might be nice to have Groovy/Scala/Clojure closures Compile down to native closures for better inter-op |
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