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{
"term": "compile",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "compile",
"heSheIt": "compiles"
},
"pastSimple": "compiled",
"pastParticiple": "compiled",
"ingForm": "compiling"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to produce a book, list, report, etc. by bringing together different items, articles, songs, etc.; to collect information in order to produce a book, list, etc.",
"sensetop": "compile something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We are trying to compile a list of suitable people for the job."
},
{
"text": "The album was compiled from live recordings from last year's tour."
},
{
"text": "The figures were compiled from a survey of 2 000 schoolchildren."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to translate instructions from one computer language into another so that a particular computer can understand them",
"sensetop": "compile something",
"labels": "(computing)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpaɪl/",
"audio": "co/compile/compile__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpaɪlz/",
"audio": "co/compile/compiles__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpaɪld/",
"audio": "co/compile/compiled__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpaɪlɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/compile/compiling__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpaɪl/",
"audio": "co/compile/compile__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpaɪlz/",
"audio": "co/compile/compiles__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpaɪld/",
"audio": "co/compile/compiled__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kəmˈpaɪlɪŋ/",
"audio": "co/compile/compiling__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French compiler or its apparent source, Latin compilare ‘plunder or plagiarize’."
}