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1. Get or gather together (a large number of something)
   "She compiled a small fortune"
   - roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, hoard
    
2. Put together out of existing material
   "compile a list"
   - compose
    
3. Use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed

Derived forms: compiles, compiling, compiled

See also: compilation, compiler

Type of: hive away, lay in, make, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store

Encyclopedia: Compile