compile

Other forms of compile

past tense

compiled·

present participle

compiling·

third person

compiles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about compile

What does compile mean?

compile means "get or gather together". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in compile?

compile has 2 syllables: co-mpile. The stress falls on "mpile". In IPA it is /kəmˈpaɪl/.

What is another word for compile?

Close synonyms include roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is compile a common word?

compile is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with compile?

3 words rhyme with compile. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.