What part of speech is compile?

Compile can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. compile is a verb, present, 1st person singular of compile (infinitive).
  • 2. compile is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does compile mean?

Definitions

Verb

compile - use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed
compile - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
compile - put together out of existing material; "compile a list"

Noun

compile - An act of compiling code.

Examples of compile

#   Sentence  
1. verb Compile a list.
2. verb I have tried to compile the ideas that you proposed prior to the meeting, so that we can use them as the base for the discussion.
3. verb We used to compile survey results using spreadsheet programs but recently we feel that database software's summing methods are quicker so we use databases to total them.
4. verb Compile an essay on that topic within a fixed number of letters.
5. verb A body of researchers funded by Frito-Lay are attempting to compile a list of bite-size snack foods through which the body and blood of Christ can transubstantiate.
6. verb Jefferson's supreme respect for the teachings of Jesus induced him not only to compile a digest of His words, but to then read the sacred collection every night.
7. verb We should compile a list of everybody who would be willing to help.
8. verb They used data from over ten thousand different books to compile their corpus.
9. verb His program would not compile.
10. verb On Pack's last full day as CEO, a whistleblower protection nonprofit, the Government Accountability Project, sent a letter to lawmakers alleging that USAGM had spent at least $2 million in taxpayer money to pay a private law firm to investigate and compile dossiers on agency employees and the Open Technology Fund.
Sentence  
verb
Compile a list.
I have tried to compile the ideas that you proposed prior to the meeting, so that we can use them as the base for the discussion.
We used to compile survey results using spreadsheet programs but recently we feel that database software's summing methods are quicker so we use databases to total them.
Compile an essay on that topic within a fixed number of letters.
A body of researchers funded by Frito-Lay are attempting to compile a list of bite-size snack foods through which the body and blood of Christ can transubstantiate.
Jefferson's supreme respect for the teachings of Jesus induced him not only to compile a digest of His words, but to then read the sacred collection every night.
We should compile a list of everybody who would be willing to help.
They used data from over ten thousand different books to compile their corpus.
His program would not compile.
On Pack's last full day as CEO, a whistleblower protection nonprofit, the Government Accountability Project, sent a letter to lawmakers alleging that USAGM had spent at least $2 million in taxpayer money to pay a private law firm to investigate and compile dossiers on agency employees and the Open Technology Fund.

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