compile

To gather information or other things together in one place.

• We need to compile the results.
• She compiled information from several websites.
• Have you compiled all the figures yet?

How to use it: compile something from something (They compiled the figures from local reports.)

Similar words: collect, gather, assemble

Common phrases: compile data, compile information, compile results

To create a book, list, or report by bringing together material from different places.

• I compiled a list of useful books.
• She is compiling an anthology of local poems.
• The team compiled its report from interviews and records.

How to use it: compile something from something (He compiled a cookbook from family recipes.)

Similar words: assemble, put together

Common phrases: compile a list, compile a report, compile a dictionary

To turn computer instructions written by a person into a form a computer can run.

• You must compile the code first.
• The program compiled without errors.
• Can this tool compile software for different computers?

Common phrases: compile code, compile a program, compile successfully