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# compile

verb (compile, compiles, compiled, compiling); noun (compilation)

«compile» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To collect information or things and put them together, such as a list, book or report. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/#m1)
2. (computing) To turn the code a programmer writes into a program the computer can run. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school, pupils compile a list, a scrapbook or a class report. In computing lessons, a compiler translates code like Rust into machine code. Phrases: compile a list, compile the code.

### Examples

- We compiled a list of all the birds we saw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/#x1)
- The teacher compiled our stories into a book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/#x2)
- The code won't compile because of a mistake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/#x3)
- He compiled a playlist for the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/#x4)
- Scientists compiled the data from many tests. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/#x5)
- A dictionary is compiled by many writers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/#x6)
- Finally, I have to thank those by whose kindness in waiving their rights to some of these stories, I have been enabled to compile this book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/#x7)

### Note

Said «com-PILE». A «compilation» is a collection, like a compilation album. In computing, «it doesn't compile» means the code has errors.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «compile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/compile/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«compile» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/compile.html) on Mova free.