Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to compile
Participle: compiled
Gerund: compiling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | compile |
| you | compile |
| he;she;it | compiles |
| we | compile |
| you | compile |
| they | compile |
Perfect
| I | have compiled |
| you | have compiled |
| he;she;it | has compiled |
| we | have compiled |
| you | have compiled |
| they | have compiled |
Past
| I | compiled |
| you | compiled |
| he;she;it | compiled |
| we | compiled |
| you | compiled |
| they | compiled |
Pluperfect
| I | had compiled |
| you | had compiled |
| he;she;it | had compiled |
| we | had compiled |
| you | had compiled |
| they | had compiled |
Future
| I | will compile |
| you | will compile |
| he;she;it | will compile |
| we | will compile |
| you | will compile |
| they | will compile |
Future Perfect
| I | will have compiled |
| you | will have compiled |
| he;she;it | will have compiled |
| we | will have compiled |
| you | will have compiled |
| they | will have compiled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | compile |
| you | compile |
| he;she;it | compile |
| we | compile |
| you | compile |
| they | compile |
Perfect
| I | have compiled |
| you | have compiled |
| he;she;it | have compiled |
| we | have compiled |
| you | have compiled |
| they | have compiled |
Imperfect
| I | compiled |
| you | compiled |
| he;she;it | compiled |
| we | compiled |
| you | compiled |
| they | compiled |
Pluperfect
| I | had compiled |
| you | had compiled |
| he;she;it | had compiled |
| we | had compiled |
| you | had compiled |
| they | had compiled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would compile |
| you | would compile |
| he;she;it | would compile |
| we | would compile |
| you | would compile |
| they | would compile |
Perfect
| I | would have compiled |
| you | would have compiled |
| he;she;it | would have compiled |
| we | would have compiled |
| you | would have compiled |
| they | would have compiled |
Imperative
| you | compile |
| we | Let's compile |
| you | compile |
Verbs conjugated like 'compile'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'compile'
cample,
combine,
compane,
compare,
compel,
compere,
compete,
compilate,
compinge,
complex,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to construct
- artifice, betimber, build, build up, construct, edify, erect, extruct, fabricate, fashion, form, make, manufacture, produce, put together, put up, rear, timber, upbuild
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. early 14c., from O.Fr.
compiler, from L.
compilare "to snatch together, plunder, heap," from
com- "together" +
pilare "to compress, ram down."
2. From Middle English compilen, from Old French compiler, from Latin compīlō (“to plunder”). See: Old French '
compiler', Latin '
compīlō'.
Verbs referencing "compile"
German, old spelling
kompilieren, Polish
kompilować, Finnish with old forms
kompiloida.
Sample Sentences
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Samuel Johnson compiled one of the most influential dictionaries of the English language.
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So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational. [2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68:]
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Before that Merlin dyde, he did intend / A brasen wall in compas to compyle / About Cairmardin […] [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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Steve Davis compiled a 147.
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After I compile this program I’ll run it and see if it works.
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There must be an error in my source code because it won’t compile.
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After ſo long a race as I haue run / Through Faery land, vvhich thoſe ſix books cõpile [compile] / giue leaue to reſt me being halfe fordonne, / and gather to my ſelfe nevv breath avvhile. [1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet LXXX”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature F, verso:]
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They are at their leisure much given to poetry; in which they compile the praises of virtuous men and actions , satires against vice [1690, William Temple, Miscellanea. The Second Part. […], London: […] T. M. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, section II, page 188:]