compilation

The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

Noun

  1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
    • The scope of this computor will not necessarily be restricted to paybill compilation; its application to other work is being studied, and all possible use will be made of its capabilities. - 1957 November 5,...
  2. That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
    • Susie made Jasmine a compilation CD of some of the best songs they'd heard at the festival.
  3. Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

Origin

English compile + -ation, from Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”).

Forms

compilations

Wikipedia

Compilation

Synonyms

compilement anthology collection

Derived

autocompilation compilation album compilation tape cross-compilation decompilation metacompilation precompilation recompilation supercompilation transcompilation transpilation