Definition of Compiling

Noun: compiling kum'pI-ling

The act of compiling (as into a single book, file or list)
"the job of compiling the inventory took several hours";
- compilation

Verb: compile kum'pI(-u)l

Get or gather together (a large number of something)
"She compiled a small fortune";
- roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, hoard
Put together out of existing material
"compile a list";
- compose
Use a computer program to translate source code written in a particular programming language into computer-readable machine code that can be executed