compile

compile is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kəmpʌɪl/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /kəmˈpaɪl/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧pile

Verb

Plain form compile

Third-person singular compiles

Past tense compiled

Past participle compiled

Present participle compiling

1. Someone compiles some things or ideas when they bring them together into one place.

   I need to compile a list of reasons not to go ahead with the project.

   She compiled a good set of books to read about the history of that place.

Related words

• compilation