Found 2 items, similar to compiling.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: compiling
compiling
n : the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or
list);
“the job of compiling the inventory took several
hours” [syn:
compilation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Compiling
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.]
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Before that Merlin died, he did intend
A brazen wall in compass to compile. --Spenser.
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2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.]
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Which these six books compile. --Spenser.
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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.
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He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a
History of Rome. --Macaulay.
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4. To write; to compose. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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5. (Computers) to process (computer program source code) with
a compiler[2] to produce an assembly-language program or
an executable program in machine language.
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