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compile (컴**파일**)to collect and assemble (written or recorded material) into a single work

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to collect and assemble (written or recorded material) into a single work

Pronunciation (IPA): /kəmˈpaɪl/

Korean meaning: 편집하다, 편찬하다

Korean pronunciation: 컴**파일**

Example Sentences

  • My mom compiled a cookbook of all the recipes that made me cry - it's called 'Tears of Flavor'.
  • The research team compiled extensive data on climate change over the past decade.
  • I tried to compile my shopping list, but somehow 'ice cream' appeared 47 times.

compile

VERB

//kəmˈpaɪl//

to collect and assemble (written or recorded material) into a single work

compile concept
💡 Concept

She compiles scattered pages — organizing them into one complete book.

compile rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Compile each pile into a perfect file!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kəmˈpaɪl/
🇬🇧 UK/kəmˈpaɪl/

🌳Etymology

Prefixcom--
Rootpile

Origin

From Latin 'compilare', meaning 'to heap together' or 'to plunder', derived from 'com-' (together) and 'pilare' (to pile up). The word entered Middle English through Old French and has been used since the 14th century to mean assembling materials into a unified work.

🎵Rhyme

pilefilestylewhile
pile
file
style
while

🔗Collocations

compile data
compile a report
compile statistics
compile information
compile source code
compile evidence

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom compiled a cookbook of all the recipes that made me cry - it's called 'Tears of Flavor'.

The research team compiled extensive data on climate change over the past decade.

😄 Fun example

I tried to compile my shopping list, but somehow 'ice cream' appeared 47 times.

The historian compiled primary sources from various archives for her dissertation.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

assemblecollectgatherorganizeaccumulate

Antonyms

scatterdisperseseparate

Related

compilationcompilereditordatabaseanthology

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