compile

verb

1. (transitive)To make by gathering pieces from various sources.

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

   “So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational.”

2. (obsolete)To construct; to build.

   “Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […]”

3. (transitive)To achieve (a break) by making a sequence of shots.

   “Steve Davis compiled a 147.”

4. (transitive)To 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.”

5. (intransitive)To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.

   “There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.”

6. (obsolete, transitive)To contain or comprise.

   “After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile.”

7. (obsolete)To write; to compose.

   “They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice”

noun

1. An act of compiling code.

   “[…] programming team managers assumed the "improved programs" produced through structured programming would not require as many compiles during development.”

   “Any file with an error or warning on it will be added to this smart group until the next compile.”