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COMPILE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COMPILE?

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Compile as a Verb
Definitions of "Compile" as a verb
Synonyms of "Compile" as a verb (38 Words)
Usage Examples of "Compile" as a verb
Associations of "Compile" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Compile” are: compose, accumulate, amass, collect, hoard, pile up, roll up, assemble, put together, make up, collate, marshal, organize, arrange, sort out, systematize, systemize, anthologize, order, set out, chart, structure, tabulate, catalogue, list, sort, dispose, index, classify, class, categorize, group, range, file, log, grade, rate, assort

Compile as a Verb

Definitions of "Compile" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “compile” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Accumulate (a specified score.
Put together out of existing material.
Convert (a program) into a machine-code or lower-level form in which the program can be executed.
Use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed.
Produce (a list or book) by assembling information collected from other sources.
Get or gather together.
Collect (information) in order to produce a list or book.

Synonyms of "Compile" as a verb (38 Words)

accumulate	Get or gather together. The toxin accumulated in their bodies.
amass	Collect or gather. She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis.
anthologize	Compile an anthology. He earns royalties from his books and anthologized poems.
arrange	Make arrangements for. The columns are arranged in 12 rows.
assemble	Get people together. Assemble your colleagues.
assort	Keep company with; hang out with. Banding on the shell assorts independently of colour.
catalogue	Enter an item in a catalogue. The picture was withdrawn before being catalogued.
categorize	Place in a particular class or group. Silk is categorized as a luxury import.
chart	Make a chart of. Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein.
class	Arrange or order by classes or categories. Conduct which is classed as criminal.
classify	Assign to a class or kind. How would you classify* these pottery shards are they prehistoric.*
collate	Appoint (a member of the clergy) to a benefice. Collate the papers.
collect	Gather or collect. He collected the rent.
compose	Calm or settle (oneself or one’s features or thoughts. In offices where close set text was composed both men and women pieceworkers were normally employed.
dispose	Make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief. The Scottish champions were buoyant after they disposed of English champions Leeds.
file	Smooth with a file. The company had filed for bankruptcy.
grade	Determine the grade of or assign a grade to. Grade tests.
group	Arrange into a group or groups. Three chairs were grouped around a table.
hoard	Get or gather together. He hoarded the memory in his heart.
index	List in an index. Index the book.
list	Include in a list. The bottom of the line Mercedes lists for 52 050.
log	Enter into a log as on ships and planes. The incident has to be logged.
make up	Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.
marshal	Lead ceremoniously, as in a procession. She is one of those people who can marshal* their thoughts quickly and articulate them clearly.*
order	Issue commands or orders for. She resented being ordered about.
organize	Form (a number of people) into a trade union or other political group. Can you help me organize* my files.*
pile up	Arrange in stacks.
put together	Attribute or give.
range	Place or arrange in a row or rows or in a specified manner. Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range* as high as 2 billion.*
rate	Be regarded in a specified way. This bond rates highly.
roll up	Cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis.
set out	Locate.
sort	Resolve the problems or difficulties of. The mail was sorted.
sort out	Examine in order to test suitability.
structure	Give a structure to. Services must be structured so as to avoid pitfalls.
systematize	Arrange according to an organized system; make systematic. Systematize our scientific knowledge.
systemize	Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system.
tabulate	Arrange or enter in tabular form. The system is designed to enable users to extract analyse and tabulate* data.*

Usage Examples of "Compile" as a verb

Compile a list.
The figures were compiled from a survey of 2,000 schoolchildren.
The local authority must compile a list of the names and addresses of taxpayers.
The world champion compiled a break of 101.
This allows you to create programs and compile them.

Associations of "Compile" (30 Words)

accumulate	Get or gather together. Investigators have yet to accumulate* enough evidence.*
agglomerate	A volcanic rock consisting of large fragments bonded together. These small particles soon agglomerate* together.*
agglomeration	A mass or collection of things; an assemblage. The arts centre is an agglomeration* of theatres galleries shops restaurants and bars.*
amass	Get or gather together. He amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds.
annotate	Add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments. The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel.
assemble	Create by putting components or members together. Assemble your colleagues.
bibliography	The history or systematic description of books, their authorship, printing, publication, editions, etc. A bibliography* of his publications.*
cluster	Form a cluster or clusters. There are several clusters in Cassiopeia.
collect	Gather or collect. A collect* call.*
compose	Produce a literary work. The king with some difficulty composed this difference.
confluent	Flowing together or merging. These confluent* tones helped to fuse and unite his landscapes.*
converge	(of lines) tend to meet at a point. The lines converge* at this point.*
convergence	The approach of an infinite series to a finite limit. These bivalves have assumed similar characters by convergence.
convergent	Coming closer together; converging. A convergent* boundary.*
cumulate	Attach two double bonds to the same carbon atom. They appear to have formed from cumulates in the root of a magma chamber.
dossier	A collection of documents about a particular person, event, or subject. We have a dossier* on him.*
edit	A version of written recorded or filmed material made as a result of editing. The story was ruthlessly edited down to its allotted span.
file	File a formal charge against. You can save the file* to your hard disk.*
focused	Directing a great deal of attention, interest, or activity towards a particular aim. He seems to be very focused* on the new challenge.*
gather	A part of a garment that is gathered. The front is gathered at the waist.
glossary	An alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field. A glossary* of Inuktitut words.*
heap	Form a heap. She heaped scorn upon him.
interlinear	(of a book) having the same text in different languages printed on alternate lines. Interlinear glosses.
locally	In a way that can be accessed without the use of a network. I shop locally* wherever possible.*
nucleate	Form a nucleus. Ice crystals nucleate* high in the atmosphere and grow as they fall.*
overlap	A part or amount which overlaps. There was no overlap* between their proposals.*
pile	Place or lay as if in a pile. We all piled in and headed off to our mysterious destination.
superimpose	Place on top of. The number will appear on the screen superimposed on a flashing button.
tributary	(of a stream) flowing into a larger stream. A tributary* colony.*
united	Used in names of soccer and other sports teams formed by amalgamation. Women acting together in a united* way.*