Definition of "compile"
verb:
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To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
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To construct, build.
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To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
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To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
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To contain or comprise.
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To write; to compose.
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noun:
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An act of compiling code.
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