Compiling

verb

Word Frequency: 1.3

Definitions

1.verbTo put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.

"Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language."

2.verbTo construct, build.

3.verbTo use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.

"After I compile this program I'll run it and see if it works."

4.verbTo be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

"There must be an error in my source code because it won't compile."

5.verbTo contain or comprise.

6.verbTo write; to compose.

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